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Donated bodies are powering gene-edited organ research
This time the experiment lasted only 72 hours, as that’s about how long a pig liver would be needed to…
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Gene editing had a banner year in 2023
It really shouldn’t have come as a surprise. Perhaps no technology has more power to transform medicine, and its vast…
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China wants to win the gene therapy race—and it’ll spend millions
On Friday, Shu Yilai, a professor and practicing surgeon at Fudan University in Shanghai, shared results of the trial, in…
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Three people were gene-edited in an effort to cure their HIV. The result is unknown.
Vaccine makers have also struggled because HIV kills the very immune cells meant to stop infection. But a decade ago,…
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How CRISPR can help save crops from pest damage
Less than a decade after it was first identified in California, an invasive insect called the glass-winged warbler has turned…
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Next up for CRISPR: Gene editing for the masses?
That vision is not far off, researchers say. Advances in gene editing and especially CRISPR technology could soon make that…
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Download: insecure open source and gene editing factories
This is today’s edition of Download, Our weekday newsletter provides daily coverage of what’s happening in the tech world. The…
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Cholesterol gene editing could stop the biggest killer on earth
According to the company, that small edit is enough to permanently lower a person’s level of “bad” LDL cholesterol, the…
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The creators of a new major language model called BLOOM want to democratize AI
News: A volunteer in New Zealand has become the first to perform DNA editing to lower blood cholesterol, a step…
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These scientists want to capture more carbon with CRISPR crops
Larger, deeper root systems can help store more carbon in the soil, because if the tree dies and parts of…
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