Genome editing screen finds cancer mutations faster
A genome editing technique that allows researchers to test thousands of different mutations that might affect how cancer cells behave has been developed...
A genome editing technique that allows researchers to test thousands of different mutations that might affect how cancer cells behave has been developed...
by Jake Knox
An area in the human and mouse genome has been found to contain DNA that controls genes involved in anxiety...
Stem cells collected from amniotic fluid during pregnancy can be grown into organoids to study organ development and improve prenatal diagnosis of medical conditions...
by Rithika Bose
Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create a complete model of the human central nervous system and mirror its early stages of development in vitro...
Researchers have unravelled how mutations in a single gene can cause abnormal brain development in fetuses and babies...
The frequency of genetic variants associated with the risk of developing disease varies between groups of people with different ancestries, according to a large US study...
by BioNews
Genome editing has been used to successfully correct genetic defects in a mouse model of a fatal hereditary disease...
145 genes have been identified as key to maintaining genome stability, protection, repair, and preventing DNA damage...
by Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and 1 others
Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin give an ethical analysis of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases based on Islamic legal maxims (Qawaid Fiqhiyyah)...
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