A Brief Guide to the Current CRISPR Landscape
Last month, the US Patent and Trademark Office reignited the infamous CRISPR patent dispute when it declared interference—overlapping intellectual property—between several pending patents belonging to
Last month, the US Patent and Trademark Office reignited the infamous CRISPR patent dispute when it declared interference—overlapping intellectual property—between several pending patents belonging to
Scientists report finding eight new genetic markers for the eating disorder anorexia nervosa in a study published in Nature Genetics today (July 15). By analyzing
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced a resolution yesterday (July 15) calling for global collaboration in developing guidelines for
The cells that circulate in the bloodstream perform various functions and, in adults, are derived from progenitor cells in the bone marrow. Mutations in the
An imaging technique that uses chemical reactions instead of light can reveal the spatial organization and sequences of DNA molecules inside cells. Joshua Weinstein at
A newly developed method called DNA microscopy can accurately pinpoint the location of mRNA molecules within a cell and produce a visual map of the
Patches of healthy tissue can contain groups of cells with genetic mutations, researchers reported June 6 in Science. In the study, they analyzed 29 different
In the murky darkness, blue and green blobs are dancing. Sometimes they keep decorous distances from each other, but other times they go cheek to
Sientists have used CRISPR technology to edit out a lung-disease–causing gene while mice were in utero, rescuing the function of the lung and not affecting
NASA’s identical-twin astronauts, Scott and Mark Kelly, are back to being nearly identical. That’s the verdict of a study that tracked how Scott’s body changed
RNA sequencing may help doctors diagnose hepatocellular carcinoma earlier, according to preliminary data presented Sunday (March 31) at the American Association for Cancer Research annual
Current genetic testing methods often fall short in diagnosing pediatric patients with developmental delay, intellectual disability, or congenital abnormalities. Sometimes, this is because certain genetic
An advisory panel to the World Health Organization has called for the creation of a global registry to monitor gene-editing research in humans, the organization
There should be a global moratorium on editing heritable DNA from humans, scientists and bioethicists from seven countries write today (March 13) in a Nature
The paper I. Turgeman-Grott et al., “Pervasive acquisition of CRISPR memory driven by inter-species mating of archaea can limit gene transfer and influence speciation,” Nat
A genetic variant present in 5 percent of the population is tied to substantially lower blood levels of the active ingredient in a hormonal contraceptive
Doctors have confirmed that two four-year-old children in Brisbane, Australia, are “semi-identical” twins, making them just the second case of this type of twin ever
The great white shark genome—like the animal itself—is giant, with 41 pairs of chromosomes compared to humans’ 23 pairs, researchers reported yesterday (January 18) in
The DNA of life on Earth naturally stores its information in just four key chemicals — guanine, cytosine, adenine and thymine, commonly referred to as
In late 2017, scientists first began attempting to edit the genes of adults to treat rare genetic disorders. Preliminary results from a clinical trial, shared
DNA methylation status in a variety of tissues can accurately reveal the age of an animal, but previously discovered epigenetic clocks often aren’t evolutionarily conserved.
Introns are short stretches of non-coding DNA interspersed with the coding DNA in the genes of eukaryotic organisms. They are widespread and common but their
Patches of seemingly meaningless DNA dotted throughout the genome might actually have a function: helping cells to survive starvation. Two studies published in Nature on
Neural tube defects such as spina bifida, where a part of the spinal cord fails to close, may be caused by the same genes that
In 2016, genetic material from three people was used for the first time to start a pregnancy, in a bid to keep the child from
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