Funding Awarded for CRISPR-Cas9 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Safety Study
A biomedical researcher at the Southwestern Medical Center at the University of Texas has been awarded a grant of $250,000 for a study of the potential for the use of…
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Electron Tunneling Can Identify Carbohydrates at Single-Molecule Level
Researchers at Arizona State University are working on a device that can be used to identify molecules without the need for expensive equipment or vast quantities of samples. The researchers…
Four CRISPR-Cas9 Inhibitors Discovered
Researchers at the University of California have discovered four CRISPR-Cas9 inhibitors, which could potentially be used to switch off the gene-editing system to prevent unintentional gene edits. The CRISPR-Cas9 system…
Potentially Effective Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease Discovered
Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have discovered two new molecules that have high therapeutic potential for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The discoveries were made…
CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Tool Used to Treat Hemophilia in Mice
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool has been successfully used to correct clotting abnormalities in newborn and adult mice, demonstrating potential of the CRISPR system for the treatment of hemophilia in…
Brain Cancer Survival Rates Can Be improved by Sending Electric Fields Through Patients’ Brains
Chemotherapy can help in the fight against certain forms of brain cancer, although the treatment is far from ideal and improving brain cancer survival rates is notoriously difficult. Brain tumors…
Non-Invasive Blood Test for Non-Alcoholic for Liver Disease
Researchers at Cardiff University’s Systems Immunity Research Institute have developed a new method of predicting the risk of developing a severe form of fatty liver disease. The team hopes to…
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Used to Improve Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms
Parkinson’s disease symptoms can be reduced using non-invasive brain simulation, according to a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. A technique that can improve Parkinson’s disease patients’…
Role of Retinoic Acid Deficiency in Bowel Cancer Development Explored
Researchers at the University of Stanford School of Medicine have cast more light of the role of retinoic acid deficiency in bowel cancer development, determining that the presence of the…
CRISPR-Cas9 Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Moves Closer to Human Trials
The CRISPR-Cas9 method of gene correction has been shown to be effective in mice for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy, bringing the gene editing technique closer to human trials. One of…