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Illustration of a DNA helix molecule with DNA base pairs ready for epigenome editing.

Rewiring Biological Time and Aging with Epigenome Editing

Charles A. Gersbach, PhD

The bright, new future of therapeutic epigenome editing is already on our doorstep

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Enhancing the Precision of CRISPR-Based Gene Editing

Today's Clinical Lab

A new interdisciplinary project at Lehigh University aims to leverage AI and advanced modeling to refine CRISPR gene editing, enhancing safety and expanding its medical applications

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Organoids Help Uncover the Genetics of Kidney Disease

National Institutes of Health

Innovative disease modeling and gene editing techniques begin to answer long-standing questions

A vector illustration of a pair of hands using forceps to add and remove bits of DNA from a large DNA double helix, with icons of lungs, heart, eye, and brain in the background.

New Gene Editing Tool Rapidly Screens Cancer Mutations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

With the new technique, researchers hope to identify mutations that could be targeted with new cancer therapies

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New Screening Tool Unveils Impact of Disease-Causing Mutations

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Integrated single-cell approach to cellular genetic screening uncovers mechanisms driving cancer and autoimmunity

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FDA Approves First Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The FDA granted the approval of Casgevy to Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Lyfgenia to Bluebird Bio Inc.

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Genomic Medicine Milestones: The Resurgence of CRISPR Gene Editing

Rachel Diamant, MSc

The future of genomic medicine relies on technical considerations and ongoing industry collaboration

3D rendering of a plasmid and gene fragment that will be ligated to produce a recombinant plasmid

CRISPR-Cas9-Based Tool May Help Slow Antimicrobial Resistance Spread

University of Exeter

Researchers apply CRISPR-Cas9 editing to bacterial plasmids, exploit bacteria’s immune system

Structure and Function of Newly Discovered CRISPR Immune System

Utah State University

In tandem papers in Nature, researchers report effects of Cas12a2

Computer image of the COVID virus in red, next to some DNA in blue

Study Links Molecular Changes to Long COVID a Year after Hospitalization

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Study is one of the first to associate long COVID symptoms with changes in gene expression during acute COVID-19

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