The future is here: Genetically engineered stem cells save a patient

The pink layer in the image is the extracellular matrix, which helps the epidermis stay attached to the underlying dermis. (credit: University of Chicago) The genetic disorder epidermolysis bullosa is the stuff of nightmares. The epidermis contains the cells that form our body’s boundary with the outside world; in epidermolysis bullosa, they lose their ability […]

Statins users 'are genetically predisposed to suffering muscle aches and pains'

GETTY People are genetically predisposed to suffering muscle aches and pains when taking statins Many people prescribed the cholesterol-lowering pills stop taking them because of the side effect putting them at higher risk of developing diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Now a study led by the University of Dundee found there was a […]

Genetically modified yeast mops up heavy metal pollution

Environmental scientists dream of eliminating pollution with natural resources, but that’s tricky when it comes to heavy metals. Plants won’t work for cleaning polluted water, and only some of them grow large enough to absorb those toxic materials. Researchers may have a relatively simple answer to the problem, though: genetically engineered baker’s yeast. Their modified […]

These Genetically Engineered Super Pigs Could Protect Your Bacon From Viral Disease 

These piglets could be protected from an infection that costs the swine industry billions each year. Image: Laura Dow, The Roslin Institute For pig farmers, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is a disaster. Once dubbed the “mystery swine disease,” it emerged in the late 1980’s on farms in Europe and the US and spread rapidly, […]

Two Babies With Leukemia Cured Using Breakthrough Treatment Involving Genetically Modified Cells

Two baby girls with leukemia have been cured using a breakthrough treatment involving a special form of gene-editing therapy, which uses modified white blood cells to target cancerous cells, Medical XPress reported. A European team of researchers wrote on a scientific journal for Science Translational Medicine the details on how they were able to cure […]