Crispr

Gene editing technique could transform future

A technique for making precise changes to the genetic material of cells holds huge promise for combating disease, says Fergus Walsh.

Letters To The Editor / CRISPR- breakthrough of the year

International journal 'Science' has named CRISPR-“Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats” as “Breakthrough of the Year” in 2015.

Modifying human eggs to remove filial disease

American scientists are attempting to modify the DNA of human egg cells using a new gene-editing technique that could eliminate inherited diseases from subsequent generations of affected families

June 6, 2016
June 6, 2016

Gene editing technique could transform future

A technique for making precise changes to the genetic material of cells holds huge promise for combating disease, says Fergus Walsh.

January 6, 2016
January 6, 2016

CRISPR- breakthrough of the year

International journal 'Science' has named CRISPR-“Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats” as “Breakthrough of the Year” in 2015.

March 14, 2015
March 14, 2015

Modifying human eggs to remove filial disease

American scientists are attempting to modify the DNA of human egg cells using a new gene-editing technique that could eliminate inherited diseases from subsequent generations of affected families