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CRISPR (CaS9)-The Gene Editing Tool used to treat blindness for the first time
The Gene Editing Tool called CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) has been used for the first time to treat blindness. However, doctors claimed that it will take a month to check if the vision of the patient has restored. This has been achieved at the Oregon University, Portland, USA. What is CRISPR? It ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: CRISPR gene-editing technique • CRISPR-Cas • CRISPR-Cas9 • DNA • Gene editing Technology • Genetic Diseases • genetic disorders • Genome
Facts Box: ICMR Guidelines on Gene Therapy
The Indian Council on Medical Research has issued guidelines on Gene Therapy. The aim of the guideline is to enable the stakeholders comply with the R&D of Gene Therapeutic Products being produced and tested inside the country. Overview of the guidelines The guide includes scientific and ethical considerations that are allowed in gene therapy. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Topics: Biopharmaceuticals • Diseases • Gene editing Technology • Gene Technology • Gene therapy • Genetic Diseases • Genetic disorder • Health
Chinese researchers create world’s first single chromosome yeast
Researchers from China’s Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences have claimed to have created the world’s first single-chromosome yeast while not affecting the majority of its functions. The experiment was conducted on Brewer’s yeast having 16 chromosomes and which shares its one-third genome ancestry with humans. Researchers were able to fit nearly all genetic ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Topics: CRISPR-Cas9 • Gene editing Technology • Science and Technology • Single Chromosome Yeast
REPAIR: Scientists develop RNA editing tool to combat genetic disease
Scientists from The Broad Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in US have developed RNA Editing for Programmable A to I Replacement (REPAIR), a new gene editing tool therapies that can reverse disease-causing mutations in humans. REPAIR gene editing tool can tweak an individual RNA ‘letters’ in human cells without making changes to entire genome and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Topics: Gene editing Technology • Genetic Diseases • REPAIR • RNA Editing Tool • Science and Technology • US
First human genetic editing trial in China
Chinese scientists are going to perform the world’s first genetic editing trial on humans in an attempt to find a cure for lung cancer. It will be performed as the trial phase by injecting cells that have been modified using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique into the patients. Key Facts In this trial, scientists will extract ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2016
Topics: Biology • Gene editing Technology • International • Science and Technology