Genome editing at the crossroads of scandal and cure
Genetic modification of babies in China one year ago was universally condemned. At the same time, CRISPR treatments are on
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Genetic brain disorder fixed in mice using precision epigenome editing
Using a targeted gene epigenome editing approach in the developing mouse brain, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers reversed one gene mutation
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Gene editing video stirs talk of designer babies, ethics
A new video showing people casually discussing gene editing and designer babies is making waves because of its source: the
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Scientists cut main heart disease risk locus out of DNA by genome editing
Over the past decade we’ve learned that billions of people carry a mysterious specter in their DNA that strongly increases
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Genetic disease healed using genome editing
Parents of newborns may be familiar with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria—in Switzerland, all newborn babies are screened for this genetic
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Safety fears over revolutionary gene-editing tool Crispr/Cas9
Safety fears over revolutionary gene-editing tool: Crispr causes unwanted mutations in DNA that may prove dangerous and have been ‘seriously
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