Gene therapy of neurodegenerative diseases
Scientists have managed to test the new method so far only on cell lines, but the results look promising from the point of view of therapy of still incurable diseases.
29.08.2017Scientists have managed to test the new method so far only on cell lines, but the results look promising from the point of view of therapy of still incurable diseases.
29.08.2017Cloning pigs without endogenous retroviruses will facilitate the cultivation of pig organs suitable for human transplantation and make them safer.
29.08.2017Researchers from the University of Chicago have protected mice from diabetes and obesity using transplants of genetically modified skin cells.
28.08.2017The author of the NgAgo protein genome editing technique, under pressure from the scientific community, withdrew an article published in May 2016 from the journal Nature Biotechnology.
28.08.2017With the help of the CRISPR/Cas genetic editing system, human embryos were freed from the mutation that causes heart disease – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
28.08.2017One of the first developers of the popular genome editing method from the Broad Institute came to the conclusion that CRISPR/Cas is not yet suitable for working with human genes.
25.08.2017American scientists have managed to reverse the premature aging of cells taken from patients with Hutchinson-Guilford progeria by lengthening telomeres using RNA therapy.
25.08.2017In mice with the synthesis of a protein called plexin A1 disabled, the brushes begin to work better: they are better at handling food that needs to be grabbed and held in a fist.
25.08.2017The answer to the question of whether extinct species need to be resurrected is no, it is not necessary. Now environmentalists have more pressing tasks that would be worth spending our limited resources on.
25.08.2017Geneticists have created biocomputers from bacteria with a record-breaking complex logic circuit. The role of electrical signals in them is played by short RNA molecules.
28.07.2017Scientists of the institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences use gene editing methods to create a cellular model of Huntington's disease.
27.07.2017After many years of failures, Japanese scientists have managed to create a genetically modified variety of chrysanthemums with flowers of all shades of real blue.
27.07.2017American researchers have described the use of a protein that suppresses the action of the CRISPR-Cas9 system to reduce the non-targeted effects of gene editing.
20.07.2017In America, they will try to use genetically modified cabbage moth butterflies to combat this ubiquitous pest of cultivated plants.
17.07.2017American scientists recorded a gif image in the form of a genetic code, embedded it in the genome of a bacterium and again counted from the genome with almost no loss of quality.
13.07.2017Horse pox is safe for humans, is not a serious threat to agriculture and is considered extinct. But the reconstruction of the virus excited both ordinary people and scientists.
12.07.2017New viral vectors solve this problem: one of them penetrates the blood-brain barrier, and the second is selectively absorbed by peripheral neurons.
05.07.2017One of the versions of the CRISPR/Cas genomic editor has an error correction system, the modification of which will make it safer for humans.
30.06.2017A line of rats, bred by Novosibirsk scientists, prone to catatonia, depression and involuntary arousal, is used as a model for the study of schizophrenia.
27.06.2017At the CRISPR Congress 2017 conference, specialists of biotech companies presented new developments in the field of bacteriophage treatment.
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