A permanent cure for HIV infection remains elusive due to the virus’s ability to hide away in latent reservoirs. But now, in new research published in print May 3 in the journal Molecu... Read more
Salk researchers have discovered, for the first time, how to place DNA in specific locations in non-dividing cells Salk Institute researchers have discovered a holy grail of gene editing—the... Read more
Researchers have used CRISPR—a revolutionary new genetic engineering technique—to convert cells isolated from mouse connective tissue directly into neuronal cells. In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka,... Read more
Due to a loss of functionality in hematopoietic stem cells, immune defects occur during aging. Now, researchers from Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, Germa... Read more
By switching ‘bait,’ IU biologists trick plants’ bacterial defense into attacking virus Scientists at Indiana University have modified a plant gene that normally fights bac... Read more
Channel blocker drug, added to regenerative factors, is key Research from Boston Children’s Hospital suggests the possibility of restoring at least some visual function in people blinded by... Read more
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT have engineered changes to the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing system that... Read more
Following an exhaustive, ten-year effort, scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the University of Washington have identified 238 genes that, when removed, increase the r... Read more
Effectiveness of Gene Editing in Human Stem Cells Improves Tenfold Using New Technique For the first time, researchers have employed a gene-editing technique involving low-dose irradiation t... Read more
Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA, report success for the first time in using gene-editing technology to prevent multiple human mitochondrial disease... Read more