A More Elegant Form of Gene Editing Progresses to Human Testing
[ad_1] In April 2016, Waseem Qasim, a professor of cell and gene therapy, was captivated by a new scientific paper that described a revolutionary way to manipulate DNA: base editing. The…
There’s a New Explanation for ‘Genetic’ Trait Pairs: Your Parents
[ad_1] Border and his colleagues are not the first to raise the possibility of spurious genetic correlations. When designing studies, geneticists can control for the effects of factors like parental traits and…
The Era of One-Shot, Multimillion-Dollar Genetic Cures Is Here
[ad_1] The company said the price was determined with consideration of the “clinical, societal, economic, and innovative value represented by this novel gene therapy.” Earlier last month, the Institute for…
How to Detect a Man-Made Biothreat
[ad_1] But even if the platforms’ accuracy improves, it’s hard to know whether they would be able to detect a completely new organism that scientists have never seen before. Richard…
The Era of Fast, Cheap Genome Sequencing Is Here
[ad_1] Comparing those genomes to those of people without schizophrenia has allowed investigators to uncover multiple genes that have a profound impact on a person’s risk of developing it. By…
Epigenetic ‘Clocks’ Predict Animals’ True Biological Age
[ad_1] A new tool from Belsky and his colleagues, introduced in 2020 and updated earlier this year, acts as an aging speedometer. In creating their Pace of Aging biomarker, they…
An Effort to ID Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Raises Privacy Issues
[ad_1] But this is far from the first time family members’ genetic material has been used to put names to unidentified remains. Scientists around the world have used DNA to…
Police Used a Baby’s DNA to Investigate Its Father for a Crime
[ad_1] According to the New Jersey lawsuit, police had reopened an investigation into a cold case and had used genetics to place the suspect within a single family: one of…
What If Cells Kept Receipts of Their Gene Expression?
[ad_1] They added the chemical that triggered the first gene (corresponding to barcode A) for 24 hours, followed by the one for the second gene (corresponding to barcode B) for…