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Roundtables: CRISPR Babies—Six years later

Posted on July 25, 2024 by

CRISPR Babies: Six years later Speakers: He Jiankui, CRISPR Pioneer, Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine, and Mat Honan, editor in chief Gene editing can correct or improve the DNA of human embryos, essentially opening the door to “technological evolution” of our species. But in 2018, a premature attempt to use gene editing led to […]

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Donated bodies are powering gene-edited organ research

Posted on January 19, 2024May 29, 2024 by Rana Shakoor Akbar

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Jan

This time the experiment lasted only 72 hours, as that’s about how long a pig liver would be needed to support a real patient. Hasz says other families might be comfortable with longer experiments, but probably not anything indefinite: “We can maintain a body with mechanical support once they are declared medically and legally dead, […]

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Gene editing had a banner year in 2023

Posted on December 22, 2023May 29, 2024 by Rana Shakoor Akbar

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It really shouldn’t have come as a surprise. Perhaps no technology has more power to transform medicine, and its vast potential is just beginning to be realized. Gene editing can be used to delete, insert, or alter portions of our genetic code. We’ve been able to modify DNA for years, but newer technologies like CRISPR […]

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Three people were gene-edited in an effort to cure their HIV. The result is unknown.

Posted on October 25, 2023May 29, 2024 by Rana Shakoor Akbar

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Vaccine makers have also struggled because HIV kills the very immune cells meant to stop infection. But a decade ago, Khalili says, he realized that CRISPR might offer a way to cure the infection without involving the immune system: by deleting the virus’s genes from their hiding places. “If the viral gene is in your […]

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The creators of a new large language model called BLOOM want to democratize AI

Posted on July 12, 2022 by

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Jul

The news: A volunteer in New Zealand has become the first person to undergo DNA editing in order to lower their blood cholesterol, a step that may foreshadow wide use of the technology to prevent heart attacks. How did they do it?: The experiment involved injecting a version of the gene-editing tool CRISPR in order […]

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The creator of the CRISPR Babies has been released from a Chinese prison

Posted on April 4, 2022 by

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The existence of the CRISPR baby project was uncovered by MIT Technology Review on the eve of an international genome-editing summit in Hong Kong, held in November 2018. Following our report, He immediately posted several videos on YouTube announcing the birth of the twins, who he called Lula and Nana. The experiment was met with […]

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Conception: How Silicon Valley hatched a plan to turn blood into lab-made human eggs

Posted on October 28, 2021 by

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Oct

A few years ago, a young man from California’s technology scene began popping up in the world’s leading developmental biology labs. These labs were deciphering the secrets of embryos and had a particular interest in how eggs are formed. Some thought if they discovered that recipe, they would be able to copy it and transmute […]

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An albino opossum proves CRISPR works for marsupials, too

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Muhammad Shahbaz

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Jul

While kangaroos and koalas are more well-known, researchers who study marsupials often use opossums in lab experiments, since they’re smaller and easier to care for. Gray short-tailed opossums, the species used in the study, are related to the white-faced North American opossums, but they’re smaller and don’t have a pouch. The researchers at Riken used […]

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Roundtables: CRISPR Babies—Six years later

Technology

Donated bodies are powering gene-edited organ research

Technology

Gene editing had a banner year in 2023

Technology

Three people were gene-edited in an effort to cure their HIV. The result is unknown.

Technology

The creators of a new large language model called BLOOM want to democratize AI

Technology

The creator of the CRISPR Babies has been released from a Chinese prison

Technology

Conception: How Silicon Valley hatched a plan to turn blood into lab-made human eggs

Technology

An albino opossum proves CRISPR works for marsupials, too

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