Category: gene editing

Gene editing tool could treat many diseases created by mutations

Post author By Randall
Post date August 26, 2019
Categories In biology, crispr, crispr-cas9, disease, dna, gear, gene editing, genetics, health, medicine, mutation, salk institute, sati, Science, Tech

[ad_1] In lab testing, this had dramatic effects on progeria, a premature aging disease. Mice treated with SATI lived about 45 percent longer while seeing reduced aging effects. That would translate to over a decade for a human affected by the same condition. As is often the case with gene editing treatments, there’s still work […]

CRISPR gene editing has been used on humans in the US

Post author By Randall
Post date April 16, 2019
Categories In crispr, crispr cas9, gear, gene editing, genetics, health, medicine, Science, Tech, tomorrow, university of pennsylvania

[ad_1] It’s not certain how effective the treatment has been, and you won’t find out for a while when the trial has been cleared to treat a total of 18 patients. You won’t hear more about it until there’s been a presentation or a peer-reviewed paper, the university said. Other trials, such as ones for […]