ForbesGene Therapy Is Booming, But How Will We Manage The Costs?ForbesBluebird has a while to go before it has to grapple with pricing, though it did make headlines in October, when it published results from a small trial of its gene therapy to treat t… Continue reading
MIT Technology ReviewBiohackers Disregard FDA Warning on DIY Gene TherapyMIT Technology ReviewExperts say any gene therapy prepared by amateurs would probably not be potent enough to have much effect, but it could create risks such as an immune reactio… Continue reading
The Economist |
A bacterium that can read man-made DNA
The Economist Each unnatural amino acid to be inserted is represented by a novel codon that includes one of the team’s synthetic bases. In other words, their bacterium can quite happily read an entirely new, human-created extension to the standard genetic code, and … Cells with DNA made in lab lead to ‘Holy Grail’ of synthetic biologyPress Herald DNA 2.0: Partly synthetic bacteria contain never-seen-before genetic ‘letters’The Japan Times Scientists train bacteria to build unnatural proteins89.3 KPCC Scientific American –MIT Technology Review –Cosmos –The Scripps Research Institute all 27 news articles » |
STAT |
CRISPR’s not the only gene editing tool in town. Check out these …
STAT When it comes to genome editing, CRISPR is undeniably king. But these molecular scissors aren’t the only tools used to rejigger genetic material. Are Zinc Finger Nucleases Making a Comeback? | GENGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) |