base editing

Scientists found a way to significantly reduce the levels of "bad" cholesterol in a monkey's bloodstream for ten months with a single CRISPR injection

Monkey Medicine

Studies

If this works in humans, the results could be amazing.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Monkeys to Fix Their Cholesterol

Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua has confirmed that a third gene-edited baby has been born as part of researcher He Jiankui's controversial experiment.

Newborn Fear

"The technology is similar to weapons and drugs."

New Gene-Editing Method Could Lead To "Creation of a Super-Baby"

Researchers have used a CRISPR technique called base editing to effectively repair the mutation that causes Marfan Syndrome.

And it did so with minimal unwanted edits.

A New CRISPR Technique Let Researchers Repair a Genetic Mutation in Viable Human Embryos

The new technique increases editing efficiency by 50 percent, while decreasing coding mistakes.

A “Fourth-Generation” DNA Base Editor Could Replace CRISPR

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