CRISPR-Carrying Nanoparticles Edit the Genome
In a new study, MIT researchers have developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system and specifically modify genes in mice. The team used nanoparticles to carry the CRISPR…
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Scientists Unveil CRISPR-based Diagnostic Platform
A team of scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, the Institute for Medical Engineering & Science at MIT, and the Wyss…
Penn Scientists Use CRISPR for First Time to Correct Clotting in Newborn and Adult Mice
CRISPR/Cas9, a powerful genome editing tool, is showing promise for efficient correction of disease-causing mutations. For the first time, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of…
Breakthrough As Gene-Editing Technique Restores Sight To Blind Animals
Blind animals have had their vision partially restored using a revolutionary DNA editing technique that scientists say could in future be applied to a range of devastating genetic diseases. The…