MIT Technology ReviewFirst Human Embryos Edited in USMIT Technology ReviewThe effort, led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, involved changing the DNA of a large number of one-cell embryos with the gene-editing technique … Continue reading
Safeguarding GenesHarvard Medical School (registration)Such chemicals could propel the development of therapeutic applications of genome editors by limiting off-target effects, or they could protect against future biological threats. The team will also… Continue reading
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Gene therapy helps dogs with muscular dystrophy, humans next?
Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – Researchers have used gene editing to reverse symptoms in dogs of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) — a muscle-wasting and life-shortening disease that affects one in 5,000 baby boys. The dogs’ symptoms remained in check two years … Gene therapy cures Duchenne muscular dystrophy in dogs …Next Big Future Gene transfer corrects severe muscle defects in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophyMedical Xpress A Gene Fix for a Mouse Model of Duchenne?Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) |
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A step forward for gene editing: CRISPR-Cas9 and HD
HDBuzz CRISPR-Cas9 is an experimental gene editing technique used to make precise changes in DNA. For the first time, scientists have used this approach to attack the Huntington’s Disease mutation in the brain cells of a mouse. Other researchers are refining … GE Healthcare offers a virtual workshop for precise HDR-mediated genome engineeringDOTmed.com |
Medical Xpress |
Tumor Tissue Stiffness Exploited for MSC or Potentially CAR T-Cell Therapeutics
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News The University of California, Irvine team, led by professor Weian Zhao, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, hopes that stiffness-targeting MSCs, and potentially other engineered cell types including CAR T-cells, could be developed to treat … Stem cell therapy attacks cancer by targeting unique tissue stiffnessMedical Xpress |
KERA News |
Debilitating Muscular Disease Common In Boys Could Be Curbed By Rewriting Genetic Code
KERA News [KERA followed Chance Hawkins, who has the disease, in its American Graduate series, Class of ’17.] Eric Olson, chairman of the molecular biology department at UT Southwestern explains how CRISPR technology allows scientists to rewrite genetic code, … |