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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for the Discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Tool

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for the Discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Tool

  • 8th October 2020
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool. CRISPR, an acronym of Clustered…

New Approach Allows Controlled Deposition of Hydrogels to More Closely Replicate the Extracellular Matrix

New Approach Allows Controlled Deposition of Hydrogels to More Closely Replicate the Extracellular Matrix

  • 8th September 2020
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University of Illinois Chicago researchers have developed a new approach for controlling the deposition of hydrogel to direct single cell function. Hydrogels are water-soluble polymers that are used to mimic…

New Sequencing Technique Allows Rare Genetic Mutations to be Detected in Large Groups of Cells

New Sequencing Technique Allows Rare Genetic Mutations to be Detected in Large Groups of Cells

  • 28th August 2020
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A new sequencing approach has been developed by scientists at KAUST that can be used to detect rare mutations in large groups of cells. The sequencing techniques currently being used lack…

CRISPR Used to Knock Down Maternal and Zygotic mRNA and Study Gene Messages in Early Development

CRISPR Used to Knock Down Maternal and Zygotic mRNA and Study Gene Messages in Early Development

  • 18th August 2020
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Embryonic development starts when eggs are fertilized by sperm, and the resultant embryonic genome has half of its genes provided by the father and half from the mother, but the…

Researchers Create Functional Miniature Human Hearts from Stem Cells

Researchers Create Functional Miniature Human Hearts from Stem Cells

  • 18th August 2020
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For the first time, researchers at Michigan State University have created a miniature human heart model in the laboratory that includes all the primary heart cell types, vascular tissue, and…

Neural Network Accurately Predicts Prognosis of Lung Cancer

Neural Network Accurately Predicts Prognosis of Lung Cancer

  • 30th June 2020
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and a diagnosis of the condition usually means a relatively poor outlook for patients. The cancer is usually only detected…

CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Accelerated Using Light-Sensitive Nucleotides

CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Accelerated Using Light-Sensitive Nucleotides

  • 19th June 2020
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The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool is showing great promise for correcting genetic defects, but one problem with this treatment is the speed at which the edits are made, which typically…

Researchers Develop Scaffold that Inhibits MicroRNA Activity to Accelerate Bone Repair

Researchers Develop Scaffold that Inhibits MicroRNA Activity to Accelerate Bone Repair

  • 19th June 2020
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A team of researchers at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences demonstrated inhibition of microRNAs accelerates bone repair by enhancing the regenerative capacity of bone-forming cells. MicroRNAs are…

DNA Base Editors Used to Correct Gene Mutation that Causes Deafness

DNA Base Editors Used to Correct Gene Mutation that Causes Deafness

  • 11th June 2020
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A team of researchers has corrected a recessive gene mutation that causes deafness and successfully restored hair cell sensory transduction in mice, giving them partial hearing. The treatment targeted the…

Researchers use Squid Proteins to Control Transparency of Human Cells

Researchers use Squid Proteins to Control Transparency of Human Cells

  • 5th June 2020
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Image: Chatterjee et al, Nat. Commun, 2020 Certain cephalopods have the ability to become transparent and make their cells almost invisible, the opalescent inshore squid being one example. That impressive…

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CRISPR-Cas9
Article Series

  • Introduction to CRISPR-Cas9 and Genome Editing
  • CRISPR-Cas9 in Disease Control
  • CRISPR-Cas9 and Human Health
  • 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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