Sentences with phrase «powerful gene editing technology»

The team is the first to demonstrate that HIV - 1 replication can be completely shut down and the virus eliminated from infected cells in animals with a powerful gene editing technology known as CRISPR / Cas9.

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Researchers in China decided to mutate a muscle gene in beagles to test whether a powerful gene - editing technology called CRISPR / Cas9 will work in dogs.

When a team of Chinese scientists announced last spring that they had edited the genes of human embryos using the powerful new gene editing technology known as CRISPR / Cas9, the world suddenly discovered that the dystopian possibility of «designer babies» was no longer an unrealistic fantasy, but rather a technically achievable possibility that must be reckoned with.

More and more scientists are using the powerful new gene - editing tool known as CRISPR / Cas9, a technology isolated from bacteria, that holds promise for new treatment of such genetic diseases as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy...

Debate about so - called germline editing of eggs, sperm and embryos has been going on for decades, but it has come to a head in recent years with the development of a powerful new gene - editing technology called Crispr - Cas9 that can make extremely precise edits to DNA and which was used by the Chinese team and would be used by the British team.

Her game - changing technology takes a mysterious bacterial genetic code and transforms it into a powerful tool for cutting and pasting bits of genetic material — meaning not only could the entire field of gene therapy be revived, but her genome - editing tool could one day be used to treat a range of diseases, from cancer and AIDS to hereditary disorders like Down syndrome and Huntington disease.