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Genome Editing
Genome editing: a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to alter an organism's DNA. Several approaches to genome editing have been developed.
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JUN 21, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been working on ways to use light to control the gene-editing tool CRISPR for several years.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Errors in genes can cause serious diseases. Some of those errors are large, while others are due to a change in only one ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Since it was developed, researchers have modified and applied the CRISPR gene editing technology in many different ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Findings from a recent study published in Science Advances report new insights on the evolution of a commonly enjoyed pl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Glowing plants light themselves up House plants are not just decorations: thanks to science, they might become a part of ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists used genome-editing techniques to eliminate up to 70 pe ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
While heparin is the most commonly prescribed drug in hospitals, we have to extract it from pig intestines, which is fra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The spinal column develops from a row of structures called somites, which bud off sequentially in a process called somit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2020Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 31, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Diabetes is a disorder in which the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels because of a problem with insulin.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene-editing technology has sparked a revolution in biomedical research and is poised to have far-reaching applic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers screened thousands of target molecules to find the most effective targets, and have made their data openly a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, scientists have used the CRISPR gene-editing tool inside of a person's body to treat a serious eye disorder.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Since the CRISPR/Cas9 editing tool was developed several years ago, many scientists have modified and improved it for di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial used stem cell gene therapy to treat a rare genetic disorder called X-CGD. Image credit: UCLA Broad Ste ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Because of a genetic mutation, people that have Duchenne muscular dystrophy lack functional copies of a protein called d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2019Genetics & Genomics
He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018, has been sentenced to three years i ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers from New York’s Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have created a new strain of tomatoes that can ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Muscles have a supply of restorative stem cells called satellite cells, and now they have identified a new type.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a new gene therapy that makes use of exosomes, fluid sacs released i ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 22, 2019Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Down’s Syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder brought on by the presence of all of part of a third copy of chromosome ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 15, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Curated w/video - CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of an enzyme resulted in longer lasting, more robust therapy.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui caused tremendous controversy in the scientific world by conducting a gene-editi ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been working on ways to use light to control the gene-editing tool CRISPR for several years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Errors in genes can cause serious diseases. Some of those errors are large, while others are due to a change in only one
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Since it was developed, researchers have modified and applied the CRISPR gene editing technology in many different ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Findings from a recent study published in Science Advances report new insights on the evolution of a commonly enjoyed pl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Glowing plants light themselves up House plants are not just decorations: thanks to science, they might become a part of
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists used genome-editing techniques to eliminate up to 70 pe
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
While heparin is the most commonly prescribed drug in hospitals, we have to extract it from pig intestines, which is fra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The spinal column develops from a row of structures called somites, which bud off sequentially in a process called somit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 31, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Diabetes is a disorder in which the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels because of a problem with insulin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene-editing technology has sparked a revolution in biomedical research and is poised to have far-reaching applic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers screened thousands of target molecules to find the most effective targets, and have made their data openly a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, scientists have used the CRISPR gene-editing tool inside of a person's body to treat a serious eye disorder.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Since the CRISPR/Cas9 editing tool was developed several years ago, many scientists have modified and improved it for di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial used stem cell gene therapy to treat a rare genetic disorder called X-CGD. Image credit: UCLA Broad Ste
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Because of a genetic mutation, people that have Duchenne muscular dystrophy lack functional copies of a protein called d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018, has been sentenced to three years i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers from New York’s Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have created a new strain of tomatoes that can
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Muscles have a supply of restorative stem cells called satellite cells, and now they have identified a new type.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a new gene therapy that makes use of exosomes, fluid sacs released i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 22, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Down’s Syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder brought on by the presence of all of part of a third copy of chromosome
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 15, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Curated w/video - CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of an enzyme resulted in longer lasting, more robust therapy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui caused tremendous controversy in the scientific world by conducting a gene-editi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch