Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
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Viewpoint: We need ‘public buy-in’ before moving forward on human gene editing
In response to [China's controversial CRISPR babies], the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), the Chinese Academies of ...
Are you at greater risk for macular degeneration if you eat a lot of fried foods and processed meat?
Participants who ate a diet high in red and processed meat, fried food, refined grains, and high-fat dairy were three ...
Deadly antibiotic resistance could be countered by gene drives
Where a gene drive that cuts and destroys plasmids may fail, a gene drive that cuts, pastes, and copies plasmids ...
New CRISPR tool pinpoints potentially harmful off-target edits more efficiently
With the first CRISPR gene editing therapies now in clinical trials there is an increased urgency to be able to ...
Can we ‘program’ people through epigenetics to enjoy exercise?
Some people wake early every morning to run, bike, swim, or lift. For others, finding the motivation to work out ...
Autism, ADHD linked to mutations in the same genes in new study
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are both known to be heritable, but the details of ...
Feel foggy when sick? Mental sluggishness linked to inflammation
Researchers at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Human Brain Health in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam say they ...
Drug cocktail shows promise against pancreatic cancer, highlighting potential of combined treatments
Researchers led by a team at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified a combination of two already approved ...
Sleep disturbances may make you susceptible to anxiety disorders
Studies in healthy human volunteers have shown how a sleepless night can increase anxiety levels by 30%. In some participants ...
Ancient Rome was genetic crossroads for many European lineages, DNA analysis suggests
Ancient Rome was the capital city of an empire that encompassed some 70 million inhabitants. An international research team now ...
4 keys to the future of synthetic genomics, including the ability to ‘construct entire chromosomes’
We are already living in a synthetic biology world. Within that huge world is an enormous variety of ideas and ...
‘Science doesn’t align with folk beliefs’: Study refutes idea that girls don’t have minds for math
There is a widespread, not always tacit assumption that a biological gender divide in aptitude for mathematics may underpin why ...
Using synthetic biology to solve some of ‘the hardest problems in the world’, with new foods, medicines
Many of the products we use every day—plastics, cosmetics, clothing, fertilizers, and even aspirin—include molecular ingredients derived from petrochemicals. But, ...
Inside US quest to develop a ‘2020 vision for genomics’
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is nearing the halfway point of a major strategic planning process, one that ...
Gene drive alternative uses CRISPR to control insect populations by creating sterile males
Scientists at the University of California (UC) San Diego and UC Berkeley have developed a new approach to controlling disease-carrying ...
Saving our bacon: Gene editing could protect pigs from deadly virus
The meat and poultry industry is in need of novel methods to stave off infection. A group from the College of ...
Reducing HIV replication with CRISPR could lead to effective cure
Scientists in Japan have used CRISPR-Cas9 technology to stop human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication in latently infected T cells that ...
‘One shot’ treatment for hemophilia B uses CRISPR and stem cells
Scientists at the Salk Institute have combined CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing with stem cell technology to generate a one-time, autologous cell therapy for the genetic ...
Precision medicine to tackle ‘world’s biggest killer’ cardiovascular disease
While there have been significant gains against cancer, precision medicine has produced far less progress in the world’s biggest killer—cardiovascular ...
Pursuing ‘organic gene therapy’ for sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia
Scientists in Australia have solved a 50-year-old mystery that could lead to the development of new gene therapies for blood ...
Good with the bad: Cancer and life-saving stem cells stimulated by same gene
Life, it seems, is not without a sense of irony, as a research team led by investigators at the Johns ...
Could CRISPR revolution help streamline US, EU regulations of GM crop technology?
Under current US and contemplated EU regulation, when CRISPR is used to modify a handful of nucleotides to knockin or ...
GMOs and carbon fixation: Trapping CO2 in engineered plants and trees to convert it to energy
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may outgrow Frankenfood production. Soon, they may take over Frankenfixation, the industrial conversion of atmospheric carbon ...
Biotech leaders worried Trump presidency could spark “brain drain”
The day following the election of Donald J. Trump as President, a survey of leaders in biotechnology in the United ...
Endurance training triggers wide variety of changes in gene activity
The physiological impact of regular endurance training can be visualized over time and is often used to prevent cardiovascular disease, ...
Genes ‘jump’ from one cell to another in patterned ways
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While jumping genes may ...
Years of stem cell research finally bearing medical applications
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Clinical stem cell applications ...
Scientists discover potential solution to antibiotic resistant bacteria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists at Harvard say ...
