Inner-cell compounds steer CRISPR to activate genes
Severe side effects in gene therapy for muscular dystrophy
CRISPR used for quick blood tests: E-CRISPR
Rare variant of SLC30A8 gene protects against type 2 diabetes
New deep learning tool for prediction of CRISPR activity
Francis Collins calls for moratorium on genome germline editing
Designed transposase makes CAR-T cells
Conflict over genetic privacy in the US: 23andMe accuses GEDmatch
New Cas9 protein: SaCas9-HF
Better method of CRISPR delivery to respiratory tract
Technology
CRISPR can be used not only to edit genes, but also to influence their expression.…
Experimental treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy started in December 2017 under NCT03368742 assignation. Clinicians attempted…
Genetic Engineering and Society
Francis Collins is one of the lead scientists behind the historical Human Genome Project. He…
Few days ago, law enforcement agencies in Florida gained warrant to access GEDmatch – genetic…
Scientific Discoveries
SLC30A8 gene is famous for its connections to type 2 diabetes. In it, scientists discovered multiple variants influencing the disorder - from common alleles increasing…
Scientists in a collaboration of Seoul (South Korea) institutions trained a deep learning model on ~13 thousand examples of CRISPR-Cas9 activity. This new tool, given…
The anonymous woman inherited familial Alzheimer's disease - caused by presenilin variant (PSEN1 E280). Normally she would develop severe disease in her 50s, but two…
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Quote of October 2019
These 24 edits collectively cover all 12 possible transition and transversion mutations, and proceeded with editing efficiencies (containing no indels) averaging 33±7.9%, with 7.5±1.8% average indels.
– About prime editing. The method and its context was described here.
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