CRISPR is already transforming medicine. Next up? Addressing climate change challenges

CRISPR is already transforming medicine. Next up? Addressing climate change challenges

The advent of CRISPR allowed us to create new molecular tools for potentially skipping the slow aspects of plant tissue ...
CRISPR gene-editing techniques could prevent illness by reprogramming gut bacteria

CRISPR gene-editing techniques could prevent illness by reprogramming gut bacteria

University of California Berkeley | 
To date, CRISPR enzymes have been used to edit the genomes of one type of cell at a time: They ...
Why 'junk DNA' is critical for our survival

Why ‘junk DNA’ is critical for our survival

University of California Berkeley | 
Nearly half of our DNA has been written off as junk, the discards of evolution: sidelined or broken genes, viruses ...
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Nanotubes and CRISPR gene editing could make producing disease-resistant crops faster and cheaper

University of California Berkeley | 
Inserting or tweaking genes in plants is more art than science, but a new technique developed by University of California, ...
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New, hyper-accurate CRISPR gene editor developed

Berkeley News | 
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a key region within the Cas9 protein ...
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CRISPR co-discoverer Jennifer Doudna: Gene-editing will improve global health

University of California | 
An initiative launched two years ago by UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco to use CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to develop ...

Gambling behavior linked to dopamine regulation genes

Health Canal | 
Investors and gamblers take note: your betting decisions and strategy are determined, in part, by your genes.esearchers from the University ...
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