https://www.freethink.com/science/gene-edited-tomatoes
New CRISPR tomatoes need less watering
Knocking out one gene was all it took to make tomatoes lose less water but grow just as big.
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By Kristin Houser
February 4, 2024
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https://www.freethink.com/health/pig-liver
Pig liver filters blood outside a person’s body for 72 hours
The CRISPR’d organs could potentially keep people alive while they wait for liver transplants.
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By Kristin Houser
January 23, 2024
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https://www.freethink.com/health/prime-editing
Revamped CRISPR restores vision in blind mice
The key was developing a better way to get the gene editor into cells.
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By Kristin Houser
January 15, 2024
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Anew delivery...
https://www.freethink.com/health/crispr-treatment-hereditary-angioedema
One-shot CRISPR treatment for inherited disease aces first human trial
Participants saw a 95% reduction in attacks soon after receiving the therapy.
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2415156-crispr-gene-therapy-seems-to-cure-dangerous-inflammatory-condition/
CRISPR gene therapy seems to cure dangerous inflammatory condition
Nine out of 10 people who received a new version of a CRISPR-based treatment for a potentially life-threatening...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/magazine/golden-age-medicine-biomedical-innovation.html
Suddenly, It Looks Like We’re in a Golden Age for Medicine
We may be on the cusp of an era of astonishing innovation — the limits of which aren’t even clear yet.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/04/1084209/vertex-exacel-approval-gene-editing-sickle-cell-disease-patient/
I received the new gene-editing drug for sickle cell disease. It changed my life.
As a patient enrolled in a clinical trial for Vertex’s new exa-cel treatment, I was among the...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03797-7
NEWS
07 December 2023
Landmark approval of the first CRISPR therapy paves the way for treatments based on more efficient and more precise genome editors.
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Heidi Ledford
More versatile genome editors are supplanting the CRISPR-Cas9...
https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-gene-therapy-approved-sickle-cell-casgevy/
EMILY MULLIN
SCIENCE
NOV 16, 2023 10:32 AM
The First Crispr Medicine Just Got Approved
The gene-editing therapy, called Casgevy, uses Crispr to prevent debilitating pain in patients with sickle cell disease. It also...
https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-gene-therapy-approved-sickle-cell-casgevy/
EMILY MULLIN
SCIENCE
NOV 16, 2023 10:32 AM
The First Crispr Medicine Just Got Approved
The gene-editing therapy, called Casgevy, uses Crispr to prevent debilitating pain in patients with sickle cell disease. It also...
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/crispr-gene-editing-shown-to-permanently-lower-high-cholesterol/
Crispr gene editing shown to permanently lower high cholesterolFolks with hereditary high cholesterol would be able avoid lifelong medication.EMILY MULLIN, WIRED.COM - Wednesday at undefined...
"“We used a novel version of the CRISPR system called CRISPR/Cas9n to successfully insert a tuberculosis resistance gene, called NRAMP1, into the cow genome. We were then able to successfully develop live cows carrying increased resistance to tuberculosis.
11 calves with new genes inserted...
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