Most engineered human cells created for studying disease
Scientists have successfully engineered the most complicated human cell lines ever, indicating that our genomes are more tolerant to significant structural alterations than previously assumed.
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Researchers create random versions of human genomes to study disease
The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously thought.
Genome-wide atlas of cell morphology reveals gene functions
Visualizing cells after editing specific genes can help scientists learn new details about the function of those genes. But ...
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‘Dark proteins’ hiding in our cells could hold clues to cancer and other diseases
The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out ...
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Epigenetic Chromosomal State Remains Stable in Plants after Inversion by CRISPR/Cas Technology
Results prove that inversions can be generated in plants without causing further unwanted changes in the expression of genetic information.
Tal Zaks's Israeli startup targets rare genetic diseases
"This type of gene editing should also allow for the treatment of diseases whose origin is not genetic or whose origin cannot ...
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Gene-editing Therapy Could Be The Cure To Sickle Cell Disease
In 2019, the first CRISPR clinical trials were conducted to treat sickle cell diseases and in 2020, this treatment was ...