Gene Editing

Researchers have unveiled the latest feat in artificial DNA engineering: Will doubling our DNA building blocks could lead to new life forms? wired.com/story/doubling-our… via @WIRED #GeneEditing

CRISPR #GeneEditing could make stem cells 'invisible' to your immune system, preventing the rejection of stem cell transplants and opening the door to regenerative medicine drugtargetreview.com/news/40…

Expert advisory committee announced by @WHO on Developing global standards for governance and oversight of Human Genome editing #GeneEditing who.int/ethics/topics/human-…

The CRISPR patent landscape: You can divide the rights into 3 main fields: non-commercial research, development of tool kits, reagents & equipment related #GeneEditing and the development, sale & use of therapeutics labiotech.eu/features/crispr… via @labiotech_eu

CRISPR Improvements Lead to Possible Muscular Dystrophy Treatment Researchers @Mizzou have overcome a major hurdle in CRISPR #GeneEditing, making the technique effective in treating long-term chronic conditions like Duchenne muscular dystrophy laboratoryequipment.com/arti…

A new era in research and medicine: Treatment of human diseases using #GeneEditing technology has been envisioned for several decades with the realisation that so many were associated with mutations in DNA smw.ch/en/article/doi/smw.20… via @SwissMedWkly

Researchers @RoslinTech use #GeneEditing to develop chickens that have a human gene enabling them to lay eggs containing drugs that can be used for arthritis and some cancers bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir… via @bbcnews

#SickleCell disease is caused by a single mutation in one errant gene. The inherited condition mainly afflicts people of African descent. Could #GeneEditing technologies one day lead to a cure? nyti.ms/2S7Io8E via @nytimes

Back to Basics: With recent advancements, scientists can change an organism's fundamental features in record time using #GeneEditing tools such as #CRISPR. But where did this medical marvel come from and how does it work? ted.com/talks/andrea_m_henle…

Since the discovery of #CRISPR, Cas9 has been the go-to enzyme. Latest research now shows that Cas12b might be used to achieve more precise #GeneEditing? newatlas.com/crispr-cas12b-n… via @nwtls

Programming #CRISPR Guide RNAs: Programmable conditional regulation of CRISPR/Cas #GeneEditing function in bacteria using dynamic RNA nanotechnology #SyntheticBiology biorxiv.org/content/early/20…

Researchers @GWtweets in partnership with institutes in Australia, Netherlands, Thailand & UK have successfully used CRISPR #GeneEditing to limit the impact of parasitic worms responsible for #schistosomiasis and liver fluke infection sciencedaily.com/releases/20… via @sciencedaily

Scientists have started researching "anti-CRISPR" approaches, which protect DNA from CRISPR-induced #GeneEditing scopeblog.stanford.edu/2019/… via @StanfordMed

Researchers @Illinois_Alma have gene-hacked plants in order to make them enormous, an application that could greatly increase food yields brecorder.com/2019/01/14/465… via @brecordernews

A team of researchers @UWMadison & @UCSF have repurposed the #GeneEditing tool CRISPR to study which genes are targeted by particular #antibiotics, providing clues on how to improve existing or develop new ones bit.ly/2CfkVIw via @UWMadScience @EurekAlert

Could We Use CRISPR #GeneEditing to Light up Future #Christmas Trees instead of electricity? Researchers @WarwickUni have proposed using it to insert firefly genes for glowing proteins into the genomes of Christmas trees! labiotech.eu/industrial/cris… via @j_ivories

Could #GeneEditing help #obese people to lose weight? Researchers @UCSF have designed #CRISPRa systems that targeted sequences which regulate the activity of SIM1 or MC4R, the genes that control food intake techtimes.com/articles/23640… via @TechTimes_News

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute (@TheCrick) have discovered a set of simple rules that determine the precision of #CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in human cells #GeneEditing phys.org/news/2018-12-scient… via @physorg_com

A team of engineers @UDelaware has developed a method to use CRISPR/Cas9 #GeneEditing technology to set off a cascade of activities in cells, a phenomenon known as conditional gene regulation phys.org/news/2018-12-crispr… via @physorg_com

Last week’s report that the first #GeneEdited babies were born in China raised many ethical questions about use of #CRISPR technology. Little attention, though, was paid to the technology vendor’s responsibility to guard against misuse cen.acs.org/content/cen/arti… via @cenmag