#genetic editing

[acuityinnovations]

I had a dream I wrote a poem about zebrafish used as disease models so I made it real. The screenshots throughout are taken directly from my dissertation.

[er-cryptid]

Patreon | Ko-fi      

[intelligentliving]

Latest CRISPR Enzyme Mutation 93 Times More Accurate

CRISPR-based technologies are designed to cure human diseases by repairing the genetic code of their DNA. However, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system has some issues with off-target edits, which can have grave consequences. Thankfully, researchers from Wenzhou Medical University in China have recently found a mutation of the CRISPR enzyme that’s...

[dr-archeville]

Gene Editing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [source]

“Scientists are developing new ways to alter the genetic code of living organisms.  John Oliver explores the risks, rewards, and wolf-related hazards of gene editing.“

[churchofsatannews]

Speak of the Devil: TRANSGENICS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH / 8:00PM MST

Speak of the Devil – Reverend Campbell Discusses Transgenics with Tyler Joseph Allen Hynne. We will be defining transgenics and through the discussion, covering methods of creation of transgenic animals and GMO/transgenic crops.

Sign Up to the Email List

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel

Give a Rating & Review

Hail Satan!

—Reverend Campbell

[currentsinbiology]

U.S. panel gives yellow light to human embryo editing

Editing the DNA of a human embryo to prevent a disease in a baby could be ethically allowable one day—but only in rare circumstances and with safeguards in place, says a widely anticipated report released today.

The report from an international committee convened by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy of Medicine in Washington, D.C., concludes that such a clinical trial “might be permitted, but only following much more research” on risks and benefits, and “only for compelling reasons and under strict oversight.” Those situations could be limited to couples who both have a serious genetic disease and for whom embryo editing is “really the last reasonable option” if they want to have a healthy biological child, says committee co-chair Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Some researchers are pleased with the report, saying it is consistent with previous conclusions that safely altering the DNA of human eggs, sperm, or early embryos—known as germline editing—to create a baby could be possible eventually. “They have closed the door to the vast majority of germline applications and left it open for a very small, well-defined subset. That’s not unreasonable in my opinion,” says genome researcher Eric Lander of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lander was among the organizers of an international summit at NAS in December 2015 who called for more discussion before proceeding with embryo editing.       

A new report says that editing the DNA of a human embryo (above) could be ethically acceptable. Dr. Yorgos Nikas/Science Source

[intelligentliving]

Next-Gen CRISPR System Enables Genome Editing With Precision

A new CRISPR genome-editing approach was developed by a team of scientists that could correct up to 89% of known disease-causing gene variations.

[intelligentliving]

Scientists Improve Crop Security By Successfully Editing A Long-locked Part Of Plant DNA

For the first time, Japanese researchers have found a way to edit the mitochondrial DNA of plants, curing infertility in rice and canola.