Tay-Sachs disease is caused by mutations in HEXA gene. Patients experience rapid neurodegeneration, including loss of neurons and decrease in…
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Clinical trial (NCT04133649) just began recruitment stage. The procedure will consist of a single intravenous injection, followed by six safety…
CRISPRCasdb is built upon the results of two tools: CRISPRFinder and CasFinder. The database contains derived from 16 990 complete…
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most frequent disorders of brain. Affected individuals experience impairment of muscle control, which at…
As the popular saying goes, “cancer is a disease of genes”. We now know that both cancer emergence and its…
Biology revolutionized agriculture in the XXth century. It’s easy to forget that cultivation of wheat – the most popular crop…
Refractory angina is a chronic disorder, which accompanies coronary artery disease. Patients experience lower physical activity and require support of…
A team from Yale University has developed one more application for CRISPR – direct therapeutic intervention for cancer lesions. The…
Huntington’s disease is an obvious target for gene therapies. Caused by long repeats in a single specific gene and the…
This is like giving people a molecular coat of armor. Fyodor Urnov Two teams of scientists in the USA work…