Scientists use CRISPR to mitigate hearing loss in ‘Beethoven mice’ – Orlando Sentinel
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Scientists use CRISPR to mitigate hearing loss in ‘Beethoven mice’
Orlando Sentinel To keep this from happening, the authors set out to use the CRISPR gene editing system to bind to and cut the faulty TMC1 gene, allowing the good copy to become dominant. Xue Gao, a post-doctoral researcher in Liu’s lab and the first author on the … |
UC Berkeley |
First step toward CRISPR cure of Lou Gehrig’s disease
UC Berkeley This step toward a CRISPR cure for human ALS will be reported Dec. 20 in the journal Science Advances. The mice were genetically engineered to express a mutated human gene that in humans causes about 20 percent of all inherited forms of the disease and … Gene-editing breakthrough found to minimize hearing loss in mice could help humansLos Angeles Times CRISPR Could Soon Charge into Hearing Loss Drug Race, New Study SuggestsXconomy CRISPR Treatment Prevents Hearing Loss in MiceHoward Hughes Medical Institute Gizmodo –Newsweek –Science Advances all 23 news articles » |
EurekAlert (press release) |
Hearing is believing in gene therapy’s promise
EurekAlert (press release) 20, 2017) – Gene editing could someday help people at risk of hearing loss from genetic mutations, according to research by a new Rice University faculty member. Xue (Sherry) Gao, who joined Rice in the fall as the Ted N. Law Assistant Professor of … |
The Verge |
This gene therapy stopped mice from going deaf — and could save some humans’ hearing too
The Verge Scientists have successfully tweaked the DNA of mice with a specific genetic mutation to prevent them from going completely deaf. If the gene-editing technique is proven safe, it could one day be used to treat the same type of hearing loss in people … Deafness breakthrough: Harvard scientists cure mice with hearing loss using gene therapy in a world firstDaily Mail |
Chicago Tribune |
First gene therapy for inherited disease — blindness — gets FDA approval
Chicago Tribune U.S. health officials on Tuesday approved the nation’s first gene therapy for an inherited disease, a treatment that improves the sight of patients with a rare form of blindness. It marks another major advance for the emerging field of genetic medicine … FDA approves gene therapy to fix mutations that can lead to blindnessLos Angeles Times After Decades, A Gene Therapy Is Approved. Next: The Debate On PriceForbes Gene therapy for rare form of blindness wins US approval – ABC NewsABC News Scientific American –FDA.gov –Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News all 90 news articles » |
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) |
Seattle Children’s receives $2 million in search for Type 1 diabetes immunotherapy cure
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) Without insulin, glucose cannot get into the body’s cells and it stays in the bloodstream, leading to a higher-than-normal blood sugar level that can result in immediate and chronic health problems. About 1.25 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes … |