A new treatment for sickle-cell disease and transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia has been authorised by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for patients aged 12 and over after a rigorous assessment…
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Credit-card-sized genetic microlab can detect COVID-19 in minutes
Using “lab on a chip” technology, Stanford engineers have created a microlab half the size of a credit card that can detect COVID-19 in just 30 minutes. Throughout the pandemic, infectious disease…
2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Genome Editing Research
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for discovering one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Researchers can use these to change the…
Scientists use CRISPR to produce Cosmo, a Bull Calf Designed to Produce 75% Male Offspring
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have successfully produced a bull calf, named Cosmo, who was genome-edited as an embryo so that he’ll produce more male offspring. The research was presented…
CRISPR a Tool for Conservation, Not Just Gene Editing
The gene-editing technology CRISPR has been used for a variety of agricultural and public health purposes — from growing disease-resistant crops to, more recently, a diagnostic test for the virus that causes…