Sentences with phrase «advanced gene editing tool»
In mouse models, advanced gene editing tool reprogrammed photoreceptor rods to mutation - resistant cones Using the gene - editing tool CRISPR / Cas9, researchers at University of California San D...
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Recent advances combining the gene - editing tool CRISPR — Cas9 (for, clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats with a guiding enzyme called Cas9) are now making it easier for scientists to modify a genome such that nearly all offspring inherit the desired trait.
For his part, Collins, who has led NIH since 2009 and been kept on by the Trump administration, pointed to an array of promising NIH activities, including the development of new technologies to provide insights into human brain circuitry and function through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuroethologies (BRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disease.
Unmanned autonomous vehicles designed to help combat the Zika virus, ethical and safety considerations related to new human gene - editing tools, advances in the fight against cancer and U.S. science policy following the presidential election will be a few of this year's headlines at the world's largest general scientific conference.