In line with the views of most biomedical researchers, lawmakers struck a note of caution about the implications
of new gene editing techniques that make heritable changes to human embryos.
With the advent
of new gene editing techniques, some less common animal models such as octopuses may find their way into scientists» toolkits.
Not exact matches
Using the
gene -
editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to turn off certain
genes in a mouse zygote as well as other
new techniques to enrich the pluripotent stem cells
of a rat, the group managed to grow various rat organs (a pancreas, heart, and eyes) in a mouse embryo.
With consumer appetites shifting towards more «natural» offerings, there is renewed commercial interest in
new non-GMO breeding
techniques — such as
gene editing — which have the potential to give rise to a range
of products with enhanced quality and novel attributes.
Using
new gene editing techniques like CRISPR / Cas9 to treat genetic diseases is fine under certain conditions, but it should not be used to enhance people, a panel
of experts says.
Now,
new techniques such as
gene editing mean that scientists can probe and alter the
genes of any animal.
Within just three years since the discovery
of its
gene -
editing potential, the
new technique Crispr has become the hottest, and most controversial, development in genomics research.
But an explosion in powerful «
gene -
editing»
techniques, which enable relatively easy and selective tinkering with genomes, raises a niggling question: why go to the trouble
of making
new life when you can simply tweak what already exists?
For the
new study, presented last week at the Biology
of Genomes meeting here, molecular biologist Marco Osterwalder
of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, and colleagues harnessed a powerful
new gene -
editing technique called CRISPR to figure out exactly how some
of these candidate enhancers work.
Tina Hesman Saey discussed the power
of a
new gene - editing technique to boost the development of gene drives in «Gene drives unleashed» (SN: 12/12/15, p.
gene -
editing technique to boost the development
of gene drives in «Gene drives unleashed» (SN: 12/12/15, p.
gene drives in «
Gene drives unleashed» (SN: 12/12/15, p.
Gene drives unleashed» (SN: 12/12/15, p. 16).
Each episode
of the
new J Lo — produced show, slated to air on NBC, will investigate a criminal bio-attack based on the CRISPR
gene -
editing technique, from a genetic assassination attempt on the president to the framing
of an unborn child for murder.
A study published in Science Advances documents the success
of a
new CRISPR
gene -
editing technique designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
With the advent
of new, more efficient, and targeted
gene -
editing techniques such as CRISPR / Cas9,
gene modifications can, in principle, be spread throughout a population
of living organisms intentionally and quickly via a
gene drive, circumventing traditional rules
of inheritance and greatly increasing the odds that an altered
gene spreads throughout a population.
New technique developed by UAlberta researchers vastly improves precision
of gene -
editing technology.
Two
new studies are being dubbed «CRISPR 2.0» for the way they have improved the precision
of the breakthrough
gene -
editing technique
Two
new studies are being dubbed «CRISPR 2.0» for the way they have improved the precision
of the breakthrough
gene -
editing technique (Credit: < a href ="https://depositphotos.com/165948532/stock-photo-genetic-manipulation-and-dna-modification.html" rel="nofollow"> vchalup2 / Depositphotos )
In the
new study, a team led by Harvard University's George Church — one
of the pioneers
of the CRISPR
technique — used
gene editing to remove all the copies
of porcine endogenous retroviruses (or PERVs) from their pig cells» DNA.
You've probably heard
of CRISPR, the magic
new gene editing technique that will either ruin the world or save it, depending on what you read and whom you talk to?
The research spending comes at a time
of growing interest in synthetic biology, particularly surrounding the potential presented by
new gene -
editing techniques.
Could a
new CRISPR
gene -
editing technique correct a majority
of the 3,000 mutations that cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
We have touched on CRISPR technology in previous posts; it was Jennifer Doudna's research that led to the development
of this radical
new gene editing technique that has sparked off the biotechnology revolution.