Introducing either necroptotic cells or an enzyme that triggers necroptosis can wipe out cancer.
2020-01-07The Zika virus has affected over 60 million people, mostly in South America. It has potentially devastating consequences for pregnant women and their unborn children, many of whom are born with severe microcephaly and other developmental and neurological abnormalities. There is cu…
2020-01-03Questions and Answers about CRISPR Q: What is “CRISPR”? A: “CRISPR” (pronounced “crisper”) stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, which are the hallmark of a bacterial defense system that forms the basis for CRISPR-Cas9 genome editi…
2020-01-02Temple University virologist Kamel Khalili (front center) and a team of researchers showed that CRISPR gene-editing technology could help remove HIV from the cells of infected mice. (Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University)
2019-12-31New tool avoids risks associated with gene editing technologies, and holds promise for reversing the effects of a variety of incurable conditions
2019-12-30A gene-editing first: scientists tried CRISPR to fight HIV This 2011 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control shows HIV virions. On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, scientists are reporting the first use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR to try to cure a…
2019-12-26Could CRISPRSniff Out Viruses? Ubigene Recommended The gene-editingtool known as CRISPR is fast becoming known for its potential to treat diseaseby snipping genetic mutations from DNA. But genomictools like CRISPR also have other possible capabilities, such as the ability toscreen…
2019-12-26"Prime editing" more precise than Crispr-Cas9, but still needs time before use on humans.
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