Blood diseases: gene therapy approved in the UK
The British medicines regulator has authorized a new gene therapy against two blood diseases, based on the patient's own cells: ...
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Genetically Modified Babies: China’s ‘Frankenstein’ Has Been Released
The Chinese researcher who genetically modified babies to make them resistant to HIV has been released from prison. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Genetic scissors will be able to cure cancers
The CRISPR-CaS9 system called "genetic scissors" is still reserved for research. But two tests carried out on laboratory animals show ...
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HIV vaccine: the genetically modified antibody trail
The CRISPR-CaS9 system, known as "genetic scissors", makes it possible to modify B lymphocytes to make them capable of fighting ...
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Scientists have created the anti-malaria mosquito
These Anopheles mosquitoes have been genetically modified using CRISPR-Cas9 “genetic scissors” so that they can no longer transmit the parasite ...
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to the Frenchwoman who participated in the development of the CRISPR-CaS9 “genetic scissors”
The use of CRISPR-CaS9 “genetic scissors” will make it possible in the near future to correct or eliminate genetic disorders ...
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Genetic scissors technology to cure obesity
Researchers have used CRISPR-Cas9 technology known as "genetic scissors" to transform white fat cells into brown fat cells, which produce ...
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China: the researcher behind the genetically modified twins sentenced to 3 years in prison
The controversial researcher He Jiankui, “father” of twins genetically modified to be resistant to the HIV virus, has just been ...
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Genetic mutations: concerns for the “CRISPR” twins in China
The embryos of two Chinese twins had been genetically modified to obtain a natural immunity against AIDS. But unexpected mutations ...
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The genetic scissors revolution
Discovered in 2012, the system called CRISPR-Cas9 which makes it possible to isolate and cut DNA sequences offers the hope ...
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Diseases without diagnosis: the key is genetic sequencing and its interpretation
For chronic diseases without diagnosis, the realization of a genetic sequencing within a dedicated medical network allows the diagnosis in ...
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: genetic scissors to reduce the progression of muscular dystrophy
Scientific breakthrough! The CRISPR technique is based on the association of an RNA strand and an enzyme, once brought together, ...
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Anyone Can Change Their DNA and Become a Superman
Josiah Zayner, a former employee of NASA, would have managed to modify his DNA in order to become a superman. ...
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Britons modify the DNA of an embryo
By identifying the genes involved in embryonic development, researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London hope to improve the ...
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Organ transplants: GMO piglets raise new hopes
Piglets have been genetically modified in order to avoid the risk of transmission of a virus during organ transplantation to ...
Read moreTransplantation: pigs genetically modified to donate their organs
Researchers have succeeded in giving birth to 32 piglets genetically modified to rule out the risk of transmission of a ...
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Hereditary heart disease: the mutation corrected with CRISPR-cas9
American researchers have succeeded in "correcting" the DNA of human embryos to remove a mutation responsible for an inherited disease.Between ...
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United States: genes from human embryos modified by CRISPR
The CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technique has made it possible to modify human embryonic cells in the United States. The goal ...
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CRISPR-Cas9: 1,500 unexpected mutations observed
The CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technique is not without risk. In two mice treated with "genetic scissors", more than 1000 parasitic ...
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AIDS: CRISPR / Cas9 made it possible to eliminate the virus
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the CRISPR / Cas9 technique is able to identify and eliminate viruses ...
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AMD: the promising avenue for gene therapies
Korean researchers have obtained promising results against AMD, thanks to the technique of "genetic scissors" Crisp-Cas9.Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects ...
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Embryos: human-pig chimeras designed by researchers
Chimeric embryos were created by American researchers. They are composed partly of human cells, partly of porcine cells.This chimera is ...
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Retrospective: 5 breakthroughs that marked 2016
2016 was rich in events, sometimes dramatic. To end the year on a positive note, Pourquoidocteur has selected 5 major ...
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CRISPR-Cas9: the technique was used for the first time in humans
Chinese researchers used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique in a patient with lung cancer. A world first that raises questions. ...
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Lung cancer: gene editing tested in China
Genome editing will be tested in humans. China has approved a first lung cancer trial using the CRISPR-Cas9 technique.China, a ...
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CRISPR: the United States authorizes it for a trial on humans
The US National Institute of Medical Research has given the green light for the clinical use of "molecular scissors" in ...
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Genetic manipulations: 76% of French people for therapeutic use
The French are not opposed to the use of CRISPR-Cas9 to treat genetic diseases. On the other hand, they are ...
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