Ultimately, this week's discourse will lead to a consensus statement providing some guidance on how to approach using this and
older gene editing technologies such as zinc finger nucleases and enzymes called transcription activator - like effector nucleases, or TALENs.
Not exact matches
Indeed, for all the excitement over paradigm - shifting
technologies in healthcare and medicine —
gene -
editing through CRISPR, virtual reality surgical training — it seems we are seeing more and more examples of people solving age -
old problems through a stroke of ingenuity.
The group's guidance follows calls for various bans on use of the
technology known as CRISPR - Cas9, which has quickly become the preferred method of
gene editing in research labs because of its ease of use compared with
older techniques.
«We spent half a dozen years trying to target the beta globin
gene using the
old technology,» he noted, adding that within one week of trying CRISPR, they had an
editing tool that worked much better.
Last year, another group used TALENs, an
older gene -
editing technology, to create two cows without horns, but this is the first time CRISPR has been reported to insert a
gene in cattle.
Last year, another group used TALENs, an
older gene -
editing technology, to create two cows without horns, but this is the first time scientists have reported using CRISPR to insert a
gene in cattle.
New
gene -
editing technology that successfully reprogrammed cells to fight leukemia in a 14 - weeks -
old infant could be applied to other cancers