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[ad_1] Frank Krahmer / Getty Images CRISPR-Cas9 is useful for all kinds of things, from creating heat-resistant cows to providing a potentially unlimited number of organs to transplant. Researchers at the Howard …

[ad_1] Our reader score [Total: 0 Average: 0] A recent study in Genome biology shows how CRISPR-SKIP, a new gene editing method, offers tremendous potential for many biomedical applications. What if doctors …

[ad_1] In 2003, scientists Imperial College London had a slightly eccentric idea. They wanted to deal with mosquitoes increasingly resistant to pesticides that killed half a million people a year by spreading …

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain In recent years, CRISPR-Cas9 has gone beyond the limits of the laboratory and has become a public specialist. This CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool is promising for correcting …

[ad_1] Researchers at the prestigious Salk Institute reports that they have successfully mapped the molecular structure of a CRISPR enzyme that could allow scientists to more precisely manipulate the functions within cells. …

[ad_1] Author's notes Current address: Wallenberg Laboratory and Sahlgrenska Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Current address: San Raffaele Telethon Institute …

[ad_1] More than one million women have undergone genetic testing on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, genes in which mutations can significantly increase the risk of early breast and ovarian cancer. But …

[ad_1] Fifteen years later, Starita and his colleague Jay Shendure of the University of Washington and the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine have found a way to study BRCA1 at the …

[ad_1] Despite the excitement elicited by the CRISPR edition, the researchers insisted on the need to do too fast. Two recent studies have raised concerns that CRISPR may not be as effective …