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Tim Abbott, a PhD candidate at Stanford University’s Bioengineering Department, has been working on ways to use Crispr to fight coronavirus. His idea was to attack the coronavirus by directing a Crispr torpedo at it,…
A patient at Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland was recently treated for an inherited form of blindness using CRISPR. The results from the surgery may take up to 18…
Microchimerism is the presence of a small number of cells that originate from another individual and are therefore genetically distinct from the cells of the host individual. A fetus, while in the womb, sheds stem cells…
Pioneering researchers are using CRISPR to remake modern-day descendants in the image of their ancient counterparts. Could we transform an Asian elephant into a woolly mammoth? We are marching toward that reality. As cool as…
During the second World Summit of Human Gene Editing an associate professor, Jiankui He, presented his gene-editing project, which he did in secret, that led to two baby girls being immune to HIV infection. During…
A top secret meeting was held between Russian scientists a couple of weeks ago. They appear to be interested in continuing the CRISPR work that China had started (and then halted for ethical reasons) on…
Peter Attia, MD, recently wrote an article entitled What if you never felt pain or anxiety? which discusses the potential link between pain and anxiety. A NY Times article had documented the case of a…
The research, in which CRISPR was used to temporarily block a key molecule in pain-transmitting neurons in the spinal cord of mice, was described in a preprint paper published in July. The idea is to inject…
Gene editing holds the key to preventing or treating debilitating genetic diseases, giving hope to millions of people around the world. Yet the same technology could unlock the path to designing our future children, enhancing…
Reproductive biologists at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City are attempting to use the powerful gene-editing technique called CRISPR to alter genes in human sperm. The research is aimed at finding new waystoprevent disorders caused by…