Crispr-Cas9’s off-target effects can rewire DNA the wrong way. A new class of more targeted gene editors could help. https://media.wired.com/photos/59efc0c1f3d04c2a20361131/master/pass/Gene-Editing-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
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Anti-doping agency to ban gene editing starting in 2018
Anti-doping agencies are constantly playing whack-a-mole with cheating, as new drugs pop up as soon as tests are found for the old ones. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) now says it wants to to crush a new one before it grows into a monster: Gene-editing. Starting next year, the list of banned substances includes “gene […]
Hey Delta, Stop Editing Your In-Flight Movies For Content
(Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: Delta Airlines should provide uncut movies on their flights.) What’s the deal with airlines editing in-flight movies for content? (/end Jerry Seinfeld impression) But seriously, folks: I’ve recently taken a few trips across the country using Delta Airlines, […]
‘O.J. Made in America’ Is a Masterful Feat of Editing
Director Ezra Edelman’s engrossing eight-hour documentary deserves recognition at the Emmys on Sunday. https://media.wired.com/photos/59b2b3efefd8cf497308ed45/master/pass/OJ_MadeInAmerica-HP.jpg Feed: All Latest
Gene editing technique could treat ALS and Huntington’s disease
The most common gene editing technique, CRISPR-Cas9, only modifies DNA. That’s helpful in most cases, but it means that you can’t use it to tackle RNA-based diseases. Thankfully, that might not be a problem for much longer. After plenty of talk about editing RNA, researchers have developed a new RNA-oriented technique (RCas9) that can correct […]
VSCO, the best free photo app on the market, just added video editing tools — but you’ll have to pay for them
VSCO Your smartphone videos are about to get a lot better looking. VSCO, the free photo app that’s long been lauded as the best on the market, unveiled its new video-editing tools for iOS users on Tuesday, with an Android version in the works. The release was first spotted by TechCrunch. Oakland, California-based VSCO lets users create […]
First editing of human embryos carried out in United States
U.S. scientists have for the first time altered the genes of human embryos — a controversial step toward someday helping babies avoid inherited diseases. CBC | Health News
Gene editing in human embryo carried out for first time in America
TECHNOLOGY that allows alteration of genes in a human embryo has been used for the first time in the United States, according to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, which carried out the research. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Scientists use gene editing to eliminate HIV DNA in live mice
A team of scientists have snipped away HIV DNA from the genome of live mice using a CRISPR system, and the rodents lived to (kinda) tell the tale. It’s still much too early to call the method a possible cure, but the fact that it worked on a living animal opens up a lot of […]
Gene editing could lead to a vaccine for arthritis
Right now, arthritis treatment tends to be an all-or-nothing proposition: the drugs you take affect your entire body, causing havoc with your immune system and leaving you prone to infections. But how do you narrow the treatment to just those areas where you feel pain? Genetics, apparently. Researchers have used CRISPR gene editing to turn […]
