Thus far (2016), there is no organism it doesn't work on (CRISPR has been used
successfully on human cells, but not yet in viable human embryos).
Not exact matches
The IBS research team (Center for Genome Engineering) has
successfully confirmed that CRISPR - Cas9 has accurate
on - target effects in
human cells, through joint research with the Seoul National University College of Medicine and ToolGen, Inc..
The result follows
on the heels of an announcement last month by another California stem
cell company, International Stem Cell Corporation (ISC) in Oceanside, that it had successfully achieved human parthenogenesis for the first t
cell company, International Stem
Cell Corporation (ISC) in Oceanside, that it had successfully achieved human parthenogenesis for the first t
Cell Corporation (ISC) in Oceanside, that it had
successfully achieved
human parthenogenesis for the first time.
While scientists have
successfully reprogrammed different types of mouse
cells (fibroblasts, liver and intestinal
cells), skin fibroblasts were the only
human cell type they had ever tried their hands
on.
The result was a highly selective drug they named SBI - 0206965, which
successfully killed a number of cancer
cell types, including
human and mouse lung cancer
cells and
human brain cancer
cells, some of which were previously shown to be particularly reliant
on cellular recycling.