Tag: Animals, Gene Editing, Medicine
Surgeons complete first-ever gene-edited pig kidney transplant
In a world first, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a person with...
Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year
US farmers are closer than ever to raising genetically edited pigs immune to one of the animal’s deadliest diseases. But while millions...
What’s going on with CRISPR gene editing?
This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Around the turn of the century, microbiologists at Danisco USA Inc. had a...
FDA approves the first gene-editing treatment in the US
Today, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a historic treatment for sickle cell disease. Casgevy is the first...
The UK becomes the first country to approve CRISPR treatment
Today, the United Kingdom became the first country to give regulatory approval to a medical procedure that uses CRISPR gene editing. The...
Viruses could be an unlikely ally in battling antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Gregory Breed doesn’t remember exactly when he began suffering from symptoms of a chronic prostate infection. The 62-year-old estimates...
Spider silk stronger than Kevlar spun by an unlikely source
Researchers have coaxed common silkworms to spin a more durable, eco-friendlier spider silk—all it took was a few genetic modifications...
These organisms have a natural gene-editing system that could be more useful than CRISPR
A team of researchers has uncovered a new biological editing system that could potentially be even more precise than CRISPR gene editing....
It’s easier than ever to make DNA from scratch—but what are the risks?
This article was originally featured on Undark. In November 2016, virologist David Evans traveled to Geneva for a meeting of a World...
A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction
It looks like the thylacine’s (aka the Tasmanian tiger) turn to enter the debate on whether or not scientists can or should bring...
