DNA Origami Used to Monitor CRISPR Gene Targeting
CRISPR gene editing has transformed research, but it is not perfect, and can sometimes target unintended genes. To watch CRISPR enzymes respond to different genes,…
CRISPR gene editing has transformed research, but it is not perfect, and can sometimes target unintended genes. To watch CRISPR enzymes respond to different genes,…
Division of synthetic gene circuit workloads will make therapy more effective. A new process for inserting synthetic gene circuits into host cells, developed by a…
Hebrew University identifies genetic mutation associated with autism, offering hope for effective therapeutics. Recent years have provided substantial research displaying the effect of genetic mutations…
Cellular senescence, a state of permanent growth arrest, has emerged as a hallmark and fundamental driver of organismal aging. It is regulated by both genetic…
Increase of inflammation markers in tumor-initiating cells believed to be a response to brain injury. The healing process that follows a brain injury could spur…
Researchers at Yale University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard screened hundreds of millions of cells exposed to the COVID-19 and MERS viruses…
Organoids (In Vitro Brains) to Study Pediatric Brain Tumors A large-scale production of in vitro tumors could make it possible to perform large drug screenings…
In experiments with rats, pigs and monkeys, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina. If proved…
Mitochondrial disease is now thought to be the second most commonly diagnosed genetic disease worldwide, and, unfortunately, there are still no proven treatment strategies for…
A team of researchers from Harvard and Mass General Hospital has found a gene therapy that delivers a protein which suppresses the development of female…
In a newly published study, MIT researchers show that a new gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, can reverse a rare liver disorder caused by a…
Inducing cells to express telomerase, the enzyme which is supposed to slow down the metabolic clock, has enabled researchers boost the lifespan of mouse by…
A Dutch company, uniQure, states that it will start selling the first human gene therapy to be approved in the West by mid-2013. They expect…
A new gene therapy has the ability to fix a defective sense of smell in mice by repairing problems with the cilia on their olfactory…
Researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) believe they have found a way to help the brain replace damaged oligodendrocytes and myelin. By using a…
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used gene therapy to improve the vision…