Tag: Cas9

  • Science & Tech

    Innovative tool offers hope for children with rapid-aging disease

    Several hundred children worldwide live with progeria, a deadly premature aging disease.

    5–8 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    A promise to a friend

    Wei Hsi “Ariel” Yeh dedicated her research in chemistry to solving some of the vast genetic mysteries behind hearing loss.

    4–5 minutes
    Person wearing hearing aid.
  • Science & Tech

    Capabilities of CRISPR gene editing expanded

    Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital have modified the gene editing system, making it possible to potentially target any location across the entire human genome.

    2–3 minutes
    DNA strands.
  • Science & Tech

    A crisper CRISPR

    Fewer off-target edits and greater targeting scope bring gene editing technology closer to treating human diseases.

    5–7 minutes
    David Liu.
  • Health

    Keeping the genetic code clean

    Researchers have taken the first step toward removing unwanted cells by converting the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-engineering system into a genome-surveillance tool that removes newly occurring disease-associated mutations.

    4–7 minutes
    CRISPR-Cas9
  • Health

    Improved accuracy in genome editing

    A team of scientists has engineered a form of the genome-editing protein Cas9 that can be controlled by a small molecule and offers improved DNA specificity.

    4–6 minutes
  • Health

    A foundation for future research

    Harvard researchers recently developed the most detailed “specificity profile” for Cas9 — a “machine” made of protein and RNA that can be programmed to target specific DNA sequences and to precisely cut, paste, and turn on or turn off genes. Future researchers will use the data when developing genetic tools and therapies.

    4–5 minutes