World's first CRISPR gene-editing treatment just received regulatory approval
Casgevy is designed to address two debilitating blood disorders: sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
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JJ Shavit
- Sep 18
Gamechanging gene editing tool dramatically improves cancer immunotherapy
Recent scientific advances have transformed immune cells into power-packed therapeutics trained to target malignancies.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 15
Scientists build a better forest tree with CRISPR gene editing
Researchers at North Carolina State University used a CRISPR gene-editing system to breed poplar trees with reduced levels of lignin
JJ Shavit
- Mar 20
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
JJ Shavit
- Aug 1, 2022
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
JJ Shavit
- May 19, 2022
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.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 26, 2022
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.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 10, 2021
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.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 27, 2021
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.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 3, 2021
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.
JD Shavit
- Aug 27, 2021
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.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 25, 2021
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.
JD Shavit
- Aug 8, 2021
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.
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