Collaborate Disseminate
The gene-therapy-based treatment called Casgevy was recently approved in the UK, making it the first time that a treatment based on the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool has been authorized for …read more Continue reading First CRISPR-Based Therapies For Sickle Cell Disease and Beta Thalassemia Approved In The UK
It sounds like science fiction — and until 2012, the ability to cheaply and easily edit strings of DNA was exactly that. But as it turns out, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing is a completely natural function in which bacteria catalogs its interactions with viruses by taking a snippet of the virus’ …read more
The researchers claim the DNA of twin girls was altered to protect them against HIV, but the results haven’t been published in a scientific journal and many researchers are questioning the ethical and scientific validity of the claim. Continue reading ‘Society Will Decide What to Do Next’: Chinese Researchers Claim to Create the First Gene-Edited Babies
The breakthrough gene therapy has hit some major stumbling blocks in the last few months that threaten its status as a therapy. Continue reading DNA Damage from CRISPR Has Been ‘Seriously Underestimated’
As much as today’s American beer drinker seems to like hoppy IPAs and other pale ales, it’s a shame that hops are so expensive to produce and transport. Did you know that it can take 50 pints of water to grow enough hops to produce one pint of craft beer? While hops aren’t critical to beer brewing, they do add essential oils and aromas that turn otherwise flat-tasting beer into delicious suds.
Using UC Berkley’s own simple and affordable CRISPR-CaS9 gene editing system, researchers [Charles Denby] and [Rachel Li] have edited strains of brewer’s yeast to make it taste like …read more
“I think there’s a lot of controversy over whether farmers are driving for these technologies or whether these technologies are manipulating farmers.” Continue reading Some Farmers Still Don’t Trust CRISPR, Thanks to GMOs
Jennifer Doudna, one of the pioneers of the gene-editing technique, responds. Continue reading CRISPR Co-Creator Isn’t Super Psyched About the J. Lo ‘CRISPR’ Show
The Broad Institute granted Monsanto the first license allowing CRISPR/Cas9 to be used for agricultural products. Continue reading Monsanto Agrees to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR Responsibly
“If you make the human body virtually indestructible, being wounded loses some of its relevance.” Continue reading To Combat Radical Violence in America, We Need Radical Medicine