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A Gene Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half
[ad_1] In a step toward the wider use of gene editing, a treatment that uses Crispr successfully slashed high cholesterol levels in a small…
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A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos
[ad_1] In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he…
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Scientists create rechargeable, multicolored, glow-in-the-dark succulents
[ad_1] Glow-in-the-dark plants bright enough to light up streets at night may sound like the stuff of science fiction or fantasy.But scientists have already…
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He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It Working
[ad_1] Other than rejection of the organ, one of the most common transplant complications is infection. Doctors have to strike a balance when prescribing…
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Enhanced stem cell culture boosts genome editing safety
[ad_1] Newswise — Tsukuba, Japan—Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are rare cells found in the bone marrow that produce red blood cells, white blood cells,…
Politics
Super crops are coming: Is Europe ready for a new generation of gene-edited plants?
[ad_1] Brussels is finalizing a law to legalize new gene-editing technologies for crops across the European Union. The EU’s ultra-restrictive GMO regulation, which predates…