Can CRISPR Help NK Cells Fight Cancer?
TOPLINE: Genome-wide CRISPR screens in primary human natural killer (NK) cells identified critical checkpoints regulating resistance to immunosuppressive…
Looking beyond suspect genes in cancer
The data analysis center at Fred Hutch/UW are co-led by Sun and Li Hsu, PhD, a biostatistician who…
Yale researchers uncover new RNA editing tools for safer genetic surgery
The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is…
Australian researchers identify GATOR1 complex as key to preventing lymphoma
Australian researchers have used an innovative genome-wide screening approach to identify genes, and their encoded proteins, that play…
New generation of CRISPR shows safer path to treating genetic diseases
A new generation of CRISPR technology developed at UNSW Sydney offers a safer path to treating genetic diseases…
Will China’s new chromosome editing tool unlock new wave of genetic advances?
A group of Chinese scientists has overcome a challenge that stumped biologists for decades by developing a new…
Scientists rewrite life’s code to create virus-resistant bacteria
In a landmark feat of genetic engineering, researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge…
Gene-edited mosquitoes slash malaria spread 93% using self-propagating shield
Outsmarting insecticide resistance: How one genetic edit in mosquitoes self-propagates across generations, cutting malaria transmission to near zero…
Prime editing corrects a childhood genetic disease in mice
 Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare, one-in-a-million genetic disease that affects kids. Most cases are…
Human-Specific Gene Duplications May Hold Clues to Brain Function and Evolution
Data from a new study links a pair of duplicated genes to human brain features. The research provides…
Zebrafish reveal how two genes independently drive sensory organ regeneration
Scientists uncover how zebrafish switch between cell division and direct differentiation to rebuild sensory organs, challenging long-held views…
CRISPR uncovers gene that supercharges vitamin D
Crispr instruments. Image by Tim Sandle (taken at the Design Museum, London). Scientists are hailing a key gene,…