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Novel Technique Uses Light to Control Embryonic Stem Cell Development

Novel Technique Uses Light to Control Embryonic Stem Cell Development

  • 15th May 2017
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A new 3D method of culturing embryonic stem cells has been developed by a team of researchers from the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Chemistry and Biochemistry departments of…

National Eye Institute Launches $1 Million 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge

National Eye Institute Launches $1 Million 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge

  • 10th May 2017
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The National Institutes of Health’s National Eye Institute (NEI) has launched a new competition that challenges biomedical scientists to generate miniature, 3D human retinas in the lab for use in…

Liver and Prostate Cancer Fusion Genes Removed with CRISPR-Cas9

Liver and Prostate Cancer Fusion Genes Removed with CRISPR-Cas9

  • 4th May 2017
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine have successfully removed liver and prostate cancer fusion genes using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool. Fusion genes are often associated with…

Researchers Grow Inner Ear Tissue from Stem Cells

Researchers Grow Inner Ear Tissue from Stem Cells

  • 3rd May 2017
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Since inner ear tissues are not biopsied, researchers find it next to impossible to obtain tissue samples. That hampers studies of disease models and the development of new therapies for…

CRISPR-Cas9 Used to Remove HIV DNA in Mice

CRISPR-Cas9 Used to Remove HIV DNA in Mice

  • 1st May 2017
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Researchers from Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh have successfully removed HIV DNA from mice using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool. Considerable advances have been made in the treatment…

CRISPR Gene Editing Tool Used on Normal Human Embryos

CRISPR Gene Editing Tool Used on Normal Human Embryos

  • 12th March 2017
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Genetic mutations in viable human embryos have been corrected for the first time using the CRISPR gene editing tool. Scientists at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University have…

CRISPR-Built Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells are More Potent

CRISPR-Built Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells are More Potent

  • 21st February 2017
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Effective cancer treatments introduce toxic chemicals, involve the surgical removal of tumors, or the administration of doses of radiation, all of which can have serious side effects. However, treatments with…

Artificial Intelligence Used to Assist Neurosurgeons with Brain Tumor Diagnoses

Artificial Intelligence Used to Assist Neurosurgeons with Brain Tumor Diagnoses

  • 19th February 2017
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Researchers from Harvard University and the University of Michigan Medical School are using artificial intelligence systems to assist with the diagnosis of brain tumors. Current methods of intraoperative histopathologic diagnosis are…

Smallest Ever CRISPR-Cas9 System Derived from Campylobacter Jejuni

Smallest Ever CRISPR-Cas9 System Derived from Campylobacter Jejuni

  • 17th February 2017
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The most common CRISPR-Cas9 system used by biomedical scientists to edit genes is derived from Streptococcus pyogenes; however, a team of scientists have developed a much smaller CRISPR-Cas9 system –…

One-Off CRISPR Injection Could Lower Risk of Heart Disease

One-Off CRISPR Injection Could Lower Risk of Heart Disease

  • 7th February 2017
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In the United States, around 500,000 people are expected to die of coronary artery disease this year.  Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease. CAD occurs…

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  • CRISPR-Cas9 Agricultural Applications
  • Modulating Gene Expression: CRISPRi
  • CRISPR-Cas9: A New Way to Edit RNA
  • Disease Modelling with CRISPR-Cas9
  • CRISPR-Cas9 Regulation
  • Future of CRISPR-Cas9 Technology

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