Tag: genetic engineering

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Top CRISPR breakthroughs in 2019

– The trailer of the new Netflix docuseries Unnatural Selection, released in early October, proclaims, “From...
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Could glowing trees be the future of street lighting?

– Life in a city goes on long after the sun sets, with nightclubs and fast...
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CRISPR: The Genome Editing Tool That Will Transform the Field of Biology

– The genome-editing technology CRISPR has been lauded as one of the most important scientific breakthroughs...
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CAAR T Cells: Engineering Immune Cells for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases

– Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have been studied since the late 1980s. By genetically...
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Edited MicroRNAs Boost Gene Silencing Diversity

– Gene expression is a highly complex process that takes place in every cell. Genes, which...
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Bacterial Biofilms: Promising Platforms to Design Nanomaterials

– Biofilms are communities of bacteria embedded in a slimy yet extremely tough matrix of extracellular...
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The 20 Year Long March of Transgenic Salmon: From Petri Dish to Baking Dish

– The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally approved the sale and human consumption...
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CRISPR: What can be Cured Must not be Endured

–  Introduction: As the demand for synthetic genes keeps on increasing, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short...
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Could a Pig Save a Human Life?

– The idea of overcoming the limited availability of transplantation organs by using non-human donors is...
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Genetically-Modified Pets: Markets, Concerns and Possible Solutions

– Sus domesticus, often called swine or hog, or more commonly and simply, just “pig”, have...
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Scientists Develop Biofortified Rice with High Folate Stability

– Folate or folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an essential nutrient involved in...
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Hybrid Biomaterials Form a Co-assembling Nanowire

– Applications of man-made biomolecular nanostructures made from proteins or DNA range from drug delivery systems...
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Discovery of New System for Genome Editing to Dramatically Improve Genetic Engineering

– It is of no doubt that the recent advancements of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technique has...
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Transgenic Chickens Could Prevent Spread of Bird Flu and Curb Pandemic Risk

– This year, avian influenza (AI) has spread like wildfire across thousands of poultry farms, infecting...
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The Future of Biotechnology: Building a Real Jurassic World

– Let’s be honest- we all love dinosaurs. There’s something about those ancient creatures, towering and...

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