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"It's A Blessing": US Woman Receives Gene-Edited Pig Kidney
Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail several years later as a result of pregnancy complications.
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Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Keeps Monkey Alive For 6 Months In China
The monkey's kidney functioned normally for five months but developed some complications afterwards.
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Chinese Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Is Back In Lab After Jail Time
Mr He has resumed research on human embryo genome editing, despite the controversy over the ethics of artificially rewriting genes.
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Scientists Edit HIV Out Of Cells, Paving The Way For A Potential Cure
The University of Amsterdam presents early HIV research at a medical conference, emphasising it's a "proof of concept," not a cure.
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In A First, Man Receives Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig
Doctors said it could lead to more animal-human transplants in the future.
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Controversial Chinese Scientist He Jiankui Back With New Gene-Editing Proposal
He Jiankui said that this experiment would involve abnormal fertilised egg cells that are typically considered unsuitable for implantation in women.
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Scientists Plan To Bring Back A Bird That's Been Extinct Since The 17th Century
Researchers may be able to recreate a bird's characteristics in the body of a living relative using cutting-edge gene-editing techniques.
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Scientists Surprised After Gene-Editing Experiment Turn Docile Hamsters Hyper Aggressive: Study
A team of neuroscience researchers was left "really surprised" after a gene-editing experiment conducted on hamsters turned the docile creatures into "aggressive" monsters.
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Bioscience Firm Colossal Says It Will Bring Back Woolly Mammoths, Other Species From Extinction Using CRISPR
A new bioscience company called Colossal is planning to bring back species, such as the woolly mammoth, back from extinction using CRISPR gene-editing technology.
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"Chopping Up" COVID-19 Virus In Cells: How It Works, Why It's Key
Scientists have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to successfully block the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in infected human cells, according to research released Tuesday that could pave the way for Covid-19 treatments.
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Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna
Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the United States on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping "scissors".
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First Gene-Edited Livestock Created That Can Serve as 'Super Surrogates'
Scientists have created first gene-edited livestock that can serve as viable "surrogate sires" – males that produce sperm carrying only the genetic traits of donor animals – an advance that they say could improve food production for a growing global population.
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World 'Not Yet Ready' for Embryo Gene-Editing, Say Experts
Techniques to genetically-edit human embryos should not be used until they are proved to be reliable and safe, an international commission said Thursday, in the wake of a scandal over gene-modified babies in China two years ago.
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China Jails Scientist Who Edited Babies' Genes
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the scientist who claimed to be behind the world's first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported.
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China Jails Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies: Report
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the scientist who claimed to be behind the world's first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported.
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"It's A Blessing": US Woman Receives Gene-Edited Pig Kidney
Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail several years later as a result of pregnancy complications.
-
Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Keeps Monkey Alive For 6 Months In China
The monkey's kidney functioned normally for five months but developed some complications afterwards.
-
Chinese Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Is Back In Lab After Jail Time
Mr He has resumed research on human embryo genome editing, despite the controversy over the ethics of artificially rewriting genes.
-
Scientists Edit HIV Out Of Cells, Paving The Way For A Potential Cure
The University of Amsterdam presents early HIV research at a medical conference, emphasising it's a "proof of concept," not a cure.
-
In A First, Man Receives Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig
Doctors said it could lead to more animal-human transplants in the future.
-
Controversial Chinese Scientist He Jiankui Back With New Gene-Editing Proposal
He Jiankui said that this experiment would involve abnormal fertilised egg cells that are typically considered unsuitable for implantation in women.
-
Scientists Plan To Bring Back A Bird That's Been Extinct Since The 17th Century
Researchers may be able to recreate a bird's characteristics in the body of a living relative using cutting-edge gene-editing techniques.
-
Scientists Surprised After Gene-Editing Experiment Turn Docile Hamsters Hyper Aggressive: Study
A team of neuroscience researchers was left "really surprised" after a gene-editing experiment conducted on hamsters turned the docile creatures into "aggressive" monsters.
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Bioscience Firm Colossal Says It Will Bring Back Woolly Mammoths, Other Species From Extinction Using CRISPR
A new bioscience company called Colossal is planning to bring back species, such as the woolly mammoth, back from extinction using CRISPR gene-editing technology.
-
"Chopping Up" COVID-19 Virus In Cells: How It Works, Why It's Key
Scientists have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to successfully block the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in infected human cells, according to research released Tuesday that could pave the way for Covid-19 treatments.
-
Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna
Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the United States on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping "scissors".
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First Gene-Edited Livestock Created That Can Serve as 'Super Surrogates'
Scientists have created first gene-edited livestock that can serve as viable "surrogate sires" – males that produce sperm carrying only the genetic traits of donor animals – an advance that they say could improve food production for a growing global population.
-
World 'Not Yet Ready' for Embryo Gene-Editing, Say Experts
Techniques to genetically-edit human embryos should not be used until they are proved to be reliable and safe, an international commission said Thursday, in the wake of a scandal over gene-modified babies in China two years ago.
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China Jails Scientist Who Edited Babies' Genes
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the scientist who claimed to be behind the world's first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported.
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China Jails Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies: Report
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the scientist who claimed to be behind the world's first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported.
