POSTS TAGGED AS CRISPR

CRISPR Skin Grafts Instead of Insulin Injections

Engineered epidermal progenitor cells can correct diet-Induced obesity and diabetes
Researchers at the University of Chicago have used CRISPR gene editing [MORE]

Gene Editing Shows Long Term Efficacy forBeta Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Anemia
“In a late-breaking abstract presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress, a group of researchers that includes [MORE]

Compacting Cas for Precise Gene Editing

MIT neuroscientists expand CRISPR toolkit with new, compact Cas7-11 enzyme
“It was already known that Cas7-11 is a combination of five [MORE]

“SuperFi” Gene Editing

SuperFi-Cas9 makes gene editing safer
“A recent study . . . at The University of Texas at Austin (TX, USA) reveals [MORE]

A More Accurate Cas9 for Gene Editing

Structural basis for mismatch surveillance by CRISPR–Cas9
“Here we [researchers at the University of Texas at Austin] used kinetics-guided cryo-electron microscopy [MORE]

AI Prediction of Protein Structure

DeepMind’s AI can predict protein shapes
Last December, Science named artificial intelligence software that calculates the shape of proteins as “the [MORE]

CRISPR-CasMini

 
Engineered miniature CRISPR-Cas system
Stanford bioengineers report: “we create an efficient miniature Cas system (CasMINI) engineered from the type V-F Cas12f [MORE]

Gene Editing for Cystic Fibrosis

Evaluating CRISPR-based prime editing for cancer modeling
“Prime editing is a recently reported genome editing tool using a nickase-cas9 fused to [MORE]

First in vivo Use of CRISPR-Cas9 in a Human

CRISPR-Cas9 In Vivo Gene Editing for Transthyretin Amyloidosis
“Transthyretin amyloidosis . . . is a life-threatening disease characterized by progressive accumulation [MORE]

Retron Recombineering

Gene-editing tool “sneaks” DNA into cells without cuts
“Researchers [Wyss Institute] have created a new gene editing tool called Retron Library [MORE]

A Gene Bypass

Bypasing gene mutations
“We [biologists and biochemists at Penn State] have developed a novel gene correction strategy, Co-opting Regulation Bypass Repair [MORE]

CRISPR’s On-Off Switch

 
CRISPR Off On switch
MIT and University of California at San Francisco have developed a process that better controls CRISPR gene [MORE]

The Length of the Giraffes’ Neck, Again

 
Giraffes
“One Health” is the term that refers to the health commonalities of humans and other animals.  This piece, while it’s [MORE]

Light-Activated Liposome in Gene Delivery

Spherical liposomes are light activated for CRISPR gene therapy
Because liposomes are considered safer than viral vectors for gene delivery, researchers [MORE]