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Joseph Shavit

New gene-editing technique could reverse vision loss and blindness in humans

Researchers in China have successfully restored the vision of mice with retinitis pigmentosa, one of the major causes of blindness in humans

Joseph Shavit

CRISPR-carrying nanoparticles can reduce your cholesterol, MIT researchers find

In a new study, MIT researchers have developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system and specifically modify genes

Joseph Shavit

A new era of genome editing has begun

Researchers developed a new gene-editing platform called transcription activator-like effector-linked deaminases, or TALED for short.

Joseph Shavit

A new era in gene editing has begun

Each new breakthrough discovery in biotechnology further improved our ability to manipulate DNA, the blueprint of life.

Joseph Shavit

Researchers turn on and off genes using CRISPR

Type 1 diabetes and cancer are just some of the disorders associated with specific genes not “turning on” and “turning off" as they should.

Joseph Shavit

Scientists To Bring Woolly Mammoth Back From Extinction

The Woolly Mammoth went extinct 10,000 years ago, but the bioscientists and geneticists think they can bring it back.

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Scientists are growing genetically-edited wheat that removes cancer-causing amino acid

Hertfordshire-based experiments trialling CRISPR edited wheat will begin after the government gave researchers the green light.

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Gene editing could render mosquitos infertile, reducing disease spread

New U.S. Army-funded research uses gene editing to render certain male mosquitoes infertile and slow the spread of these diseases.

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Adding Human Gene Boosts Crop Yields by 50 Percent

Almost a billion people around the world don’t have enough food to eat according to the United Nations World Food program.

Joshua Shavit

Researchers may have discovered a new and better genome editing tool than CRISPR

Researchers may have discovered a new and better genome editing technology than the existing CRISPR-Cas9 method.