gene editing

October 30th 2014

Researchers Have Just Found A Better Way To Edit DNA

Sorry CRISPR, but there’s a new genomic editor in town — and this one’s better than you. It’s a new approach to site-specific gene targeting that will allow scientists to safely replace disease-causing genes with functional copies. And they’ve already used it to relieve the effects of hemophilia in mice. One of the most important…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 30 '14

March 6th 2014

Scientists Create Genetically Modified Cells That Protect Against HIV

The treatment is considered radical, and the results were drawn from a small scale human trial, but for the first time in medical history, researchers have boosted their patients’ ability to fight HIV by replacing some of their natural immune cells with genetically modified versions. This news comes just one day after doctors announced that…

io9 George Dvorsky Mar 6 '14

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