Category: crispr

For many people, high school is marked by socially recognized rites of passage such as proms, awkward first dates, and the stress of dramatic hormonal changes. For many, acne in particular is a major source of discomfort, self-consciousness, and even embarrassment. But now, acne treatment...

Why invest in CRISPR? The rapid growth of the bioscience industry has presented savvy investors with many opportunities to make a lot of money in recent years, and that should only continue as new technologies with the power to reshape that industry continue to be...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have applied to Britain’s regulators to use new “genome editing” techniques on human embryos, according to a statement released Friday by the institute. Genome editing techniques on human embryos are still seen as “forbidden fruit” in many countries. Once...

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Mosquitoes are a key contributor to the spread of potentially deadly diseases such as dengue and malaria, as they harbor parasites and viruses that are spread when mosquitoes bite...

Batu Biologics, an immuno-oncology company, has recently filed intellectual property and initiated discovery research on a new method of augmenting an anti-tumor immune response through ex vivo manipulation of the patient’s T cells. “Batu Biologics plans to utilize this groundbreaking technology to support our efforts...

A group of scientist recently claim that they are one-step closer into finding a cure for HIV and AIDS. HIV is hard to cure mainly because of its ability to hide in the body and pretend to be a good cell. However a new approach...

Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley have developed a new way to efficiently create genome-wide libraries of guide RNAs (gRNAs) for CRISPR-based studies. The libraries can be used both for gene editing knock-out screens as well fluorescent tagging of chromosomes. Led by Andrew Lane...

For the first time chromosomal defects responsible for hemophilia have been corrected in patient-specific iPSCs using CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases Sufferers of hemophilia live in a perpetual state of stress and anxiety: their joints wear down prematurely and they have bleeding episodes that feel like they will...