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Cell & Microbiology Feb 21, 2023

Demonstration of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in methylation-edited mammal for the first time

A team of genetic engineers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, working with a colleague from Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, has demonstrated transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in a methylation-edited ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 17, 2023

Blood stem cells shown to be susceptible to ferroptosis, a type of cell death

The body is constantly replenishing the blood with new red and white blood cells thanks to a small but important group of cells called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Now, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT Harvard, ...

Biotechnology Feb 16, 2023

Machine learning helps determine success of advanced genome editing

A new tool to predict the chances of successfully inserting a gene-edited sequence of DNA into the genome of a cell, using a technique known as prime editing, has been developed by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. ...

Biotechnology Feb 15, 2023

Using CRISPR-Cas9 to knock out asparagine gene in wheat to reduce cancer risk

A team of biologists from Rothamsted Research, the University of Bristol and Curtis Analytics Limited—all in the U.K.—has used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system to knock out the asparagine gene in wheat grown in real-world ...

Evolution Feb 14, 2023

Modified CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system used to learn more about the evolution of giant viruses

A team of virologists at Aix–Marseille University, has found evidence that suggests the giant virus Pandoravirus neocaledonia evolved from smaller and simpler viruses. In their study, published in the journal Nature Communications, ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 9, 2023

When editing bacteria with CRISPR, less is more

Systematically attenuating DNA targeting activity can achieve CRISPR-driven editing in bacteria, greatly boosting colony counts and even increasing the frequency of precise genome editing. This was shown in a study of the ...

Plants & Animals Feb 8, 2023

Researchers decode 95.6% of the genome of Nicotiana benthamiana

The plant Nicotiana benthamiana, from the Solanaceae family, is one of the most widely used experimental models in plant science. In 2020, a research group at Nagoya University in Japan reported that N. benthamiana could ...

Biotechnology Feb 2, 2023

Artificial intelligence can improve efficiency of genome editing

Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to predict the efficacy of various genome-editing repair options. Unintentional errors in the correction of DNA mutations ...

Biotechnology Jan 31, 2023

Copying nature to help plants resist viruses

For thousands of years, crops have been shaped by domestication processes. Farmers cross-breed and select new varieties, adapted to constantly changing environments. Although efficient, this process is time consuming. Moreover, ...

Biotechnology Jan 31, 2023

After a decade, CRISPR gene editing is a 'revolution in progress.' What does the future hold?

Medical innovations typically take 17 years from the time a lightbulb goes off in a scientist's head until the first person benefits.

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