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CRISPR researchers revived an ancient gene that could block disease

Researchers have used CRISPR to switch back on a gene that vanished from the human lineage roughly 20 million years ago, ...

Common medicines may influence CRISPR therapy outcomes and precision cancer treatment

In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig analyzed the impact of more ...

insitro Validates AI-Enabled POSH Platform in Nature Communications, Bridging Critical Gap in Drug Discovery

AI therapeutics company built on causal biology, today announced the publication of research in Nature Communications validating its POSH (Pooled Optical Screening in Human cells) platform. The study ...

Baby saved by gene-editing therapy takes 1st steps ahead of Christmas

The baby saved from a rare disease by a first-ever personalized gene fix has reached a big milestone, taking his first steps ahead of Christmas. KJ Muldoon is walking and getting ready to celebrate ...
Medical Xpress

First-in-human trial of CRISPR gene-editing therapy safely lowers cholesterol and triglycerides

In a 15-patient, Phase 1, first-in-human trial, a one-time CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing therapy safely reduced LDL cholesterol and triglycerides in people with difficult-to-treat lipid disorders, ...
STAT

At meeting on guardrails for gene editing of human embryos, some call for a dead end

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...