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Gene editing fixes DNA—and treats incurable lung and liver disease
A promising clinical trial marks another milestone for the CRISPR gene editor
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Gene editing fixes DNA—and treats incurable lung and liver disease
A promising clinical trial marks another milestone for the CRISPR gene editor
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Repairing a deleterious domestication variant in a floral regulator gene of tomato by base editing - Nature Genetics
A deleterious mutation in the tomato transcription factor SSP2 was enriched during domestication. Repairing the deleterious mutation in cultivated tomato by base editing leads to compact growth and ea...
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Targeted CRISPR/Cas9 Lipid Nanoparticles Elicits Therapeutic Genome Editing in Head and Neck Cancer
αEGFR-t-SOX2-cLNPs achieved specific delivery to tumor cells, resulting in 90% tumor growth inhibition of HNSCC-bearing mice. This response is sustained for 12 weeks, with 50% of the mice showing tum....
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Powerful CRISPR system inserts whole gene into human DNA
‘Directed’ evolution in the laboratory creates an editing tool that outperforms classic CRISPR systems.
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Gene-editing therapy made in just 6 months helps baby with life-threatening disease
Custom CRISPR paves the way for treating genetic disorders in tailormade ways
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A Programmable Dual-RNA–Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive Bacterial Immunity
A prokaryotic RNA–directed targeting system can be designed to cleave any DNA sequence.
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This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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A new approach to controlling invasive rodent populations with CRISPR
A new paper models a new approach to controlling rodent populations: Y-linked genome editors, or YLEs.
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Fully Funded DKFZ PhD Position 2026 in Translational Cancer Biology at LMU Munich - Opportunities for Youth
The German Cancer Research Center is accepting applications for a fully funded PhD position in Translational Cancer Biology at the German Cancer Consortium
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Geneticist allergic to dogs creates his own hypoallergenic beagles
Matt Walker loves dogs, but his immune system does not share the enthusiasm. After years of sneezing, irritated skin, and watery eyes around even supposedly allergy-friendly breeds, the geneticist dec...
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Pharmalittle: We're reading about a Medicare pilot and orphan drugs, Pfizer cutbacks, and more
In today's Pharmalittle newsletter, a Medicare pilot and orphan drugs, Pfizer cutbacks, and more.
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