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Historic Breakthrough: Casgevy, the First FDA-Approved CRISPR Wonder

The US Food and Drug Administration recently granted approval for a revolutionary medical treatment employing CRISPR gene editing. Known as Casgevy, this therapy is designed to address individuals with sickle cell disease, a hereditary blood…

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Reshaping Nature: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Trees

Genetic engineering has allowed us to reshape nature in remarkable ways, as seen in the development of spicy tomatoes and non-browning mushrooms. Now Scientists have expanded their genetic engineering efforts to target trees, which play…

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Can Scientists Genetically Engineer a Superior Race Horse?

Horse racing is fast, explosive, and thrilling for both riders and spectators. However, many cannot help but feel that it could be better. In their defense, they acknowledge that horses are strong animals but they…

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CRISPR Used To Treat Blindness for the First Time

For the first time, CRISPR has been used in an attempt to treat an inherited form of blindness. CRISPR gene-editing technique that can cut and paste DNA, has raised high hopes of curing many diseases.…

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CRISPR Gene-Editing May Offer Path to Cure for HIV

Chinese researchers have used CRISPR gene-editing technology for treating a person infected with HIV. Researchers edited stem cells with CRISPR to have a mutation that blocks HIV and transplant these gene-edited cells in to a…

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Genetic Tweak Enhances Intelligence

Scientists believe that a controversial gene-editing experiment that shocked the world by editing the genes of twin sisters may have inadvertently enhanced their brains in the process. The controversial Chinese scientist ‘He Jiankui’ earlier used…

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Is CRISPR Gene Modification Tool a Genie in a Bottle?

With new gene editing tools such as CRISPR, biotech companies like Monsanto will be able to go beyond creating pest-resistant and herbicide tolerant plants that helped create the GMO market. New gene-editing tools will allow…

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Scientists Seek to Revive Extinct Mammoth by Inserting Its Genes Into Elephant DNA

Woolly mammoth—a giant, hairy elephant-like beast roughly the size of a modern African elephant went extinct thousands of years ago. The mammoth was roughly 11ft tall and weighed about seven tons. They had long hair and…

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Tag Archives: CRISPR

Historic Breakthrough: Casgevy, the First FDA-Approved CRISPR Wonder

Reshaping Nature: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Trees

Can Scientists Genetically Engineer a Superior Race Horse?

CRISPR Used To Treat Blindness for the First Time

CRISPR Gene-Editing May Offer Path to Cure for HIV

Genetic Tweak Enhances Intelligence

Is CRISPR Gene Modification Tool a Genie in a Bottle?

Scientists Seek to Revive Extinct Mammoth by Inserting Its Genes Into Elephant DNA

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