CRISPR

• FDA approves 2 gene therapies for sickle cell disease

  The U.S. FDA on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, as well as from bluebird bio.

  Health

  Dec 8, 2023
  
• Colossal bet aims to revive, unleash woolly mammoth in Canada’s Arctic

  Private company Colossal has raised $15 million with the goal of creating elephant-woolly mammoth hybrids that will one day roam wild on the tundra.

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  Sep 14, 2021
  
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• Jesse’s Journey awards $1.7M to 4 research projects, largest amount in charity’s history

  Among the research projects receiving funding is one led by SickKids president and CEO Dr. Ronald Cohn using the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR-Cas9.

  Health

  May 4, 2021
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• Genetically-modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida Keys to fight diseases

  The plan approved this week by the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District calls for a pilot project in 2021 involving the striped-legged Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is not native to Florida.

  World

  Aug 20, 2020
• Biggest medical breakthroughs of the last decade

  From artificial limbs to gene editing, here are some of the coolest medical advances of the last 10 years.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2019
• 1 year later: The mysteries still surrounding China’s gene-edited babies

  He Jiankui has not been seen publicly since January, his work has not been published and nothing is known about the health of the babies.

  World

  Nov 26, 2019
• First in-body CRISPR study set to start in U.S. to treat form of blindness

  The experimental treatment aims to supply kids and adults with a healthy version of the gene they lack, using a tool that cuts or “edits” DNA in a specific spot. It’s intended as a one-time treatment that permanently alters the person’s native DNA.

  Science

  Jul 25, 2019
• CRISPR-Cas9: The science behind the world’s first gene-edited babies

  For decades, the possibility of genetically altered humans remained firmly in the realm of science fiction. But thanks to CRISPR-Cas9 technology, it recently became a reality.

  Health

  Mar 14, 2019
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• China condemns scientist who claimed world’s first gene-edited babies

  Chinese investigators say the doctor who reportedly gene-edited two babies acted alone and will be punished for violating the law, state media reports.

  Science

  Jan 21, 2019
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• China orders scientists to stop work on gene-editing babies, calls it illegal

  China's government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies.

  Science

  Nov 29, 2018