World First: Ultra-Powerful CRISPR Treatment Trialled in a Person

World first: ultra-powerful CRISPR treatment trialled in a person

Immune-cell function improved in a teenager whose DNA was altered using prime editing. Immune-cell function improved in a teenager whose DNA was altered using prime editing.

Popular Actress Vidya Pradeep’s CRISPR-based Research Gets Published in Reputed Scientific Journal

Vidya Pradeep, a well-known Tamil actress, has proven that talent knows no boundaries—not only in cinema but also in cutting-edge science. While she has captivated audiences with her performances in films like Thadam, Thalaivi, and Pasanga 2, her latest accomplishment has taken place in the realm of biomedical research. Vidya, who holds a Ph.D. in Stem Cell Biology, recently announced that her research has been published in a reputed scientific …

EvoCAST Harnesses CRISPR-Linked Bacterial Transposes to Insert Genes Into Human Cells

Using laboratory-evolved versions of CRISPR-associated transposes (CASTs) from bacteria, scientists at the Broad Institute and Columbia University were able to insert healthy genes into human cells efficiently enough for potential therapeutic applications. Full details about the system, dubbed evoCAST,  are provided in a new Science paper titled, “Programmable gene insertion in human cells with a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase.…

It is now possible to insert an entire gene using CRISPR therapies/Ya es posible insertar un gen entero utilizando las terapias CRISPR

Source As you all know, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a gene-editing tool that ... by mauromar