Study: Two-thirds of babies with sickle cell disease are born to mothers living in disadvantaged areas
As if starting life with a potentially disabling genetic blood disease wasn't enough, a study shows that almost two-thirds of ...
Tag: Gene-Editing
Time-lapsed images show how magnesium ions coordinate double-stranded breaks in CRISPR-Cas9
The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR has led to revolutionary changes in agriculture, health research and more. In research published ...
Novel gene-editing strategy harnesses an unusual protective ability to eliminate HIV-1 infection
Genetic alterations that give rise to a rare, fatal disorder known as MOGS-CDG paradoxically also protect cells against infection by ...
AI tool promises to accelerate the development of gene therapies on a large scale
An artificial intelligence (AI) program may enable the first simple production of customizable proteins called zinc fingers to treat diseases ...
New CRISPR-based tool can snip out faulty genes and replace them with new ones
Building on the CRISPR gene-editing system, MIT researchers have designed a new tool that can snip out faulty genes and ...
MIT researchers develop new technique for genome-wide studies of the liver
The liver’s ability to regenerate itself is legendary. Even if more than 70 percent of the organ is removed, the ...
What are the current challenges and future directions of mRNA nanomedicine?
In a recent review published in Nature Medicine, researchers presented challenges related to the clinical translation of messenger ribonucleic acid ...
Scientists receive $3.9 million NIH grant to eradicate HIV from the brain
Finding a cure for HIV has been extremely difficult, in part because the virus hides from antiretroviral treatments in one ...
Rice researchers use deactivated Cas9 proteins to synthetically trigger the transcription of genes
Rice University researchers have demonstrated that CRISPR-Cas9, increasingly famous as a gene-editing tool, can be employed in powerful additional ways ...
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