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Case Western Reserve researcher finds new use for revolutionary gene-splicing tool; electrochemical platform could lead to blood test for HPV, parvo or others The gene-editing tool CRISPR has been ...

A new generation of CRISPR technology developed at UNSW Sydney offers a safer path to treating genetic diseases like Sickle Cell, while also proving beyond doubt that chemical tags on DNA — often ...

The images illustrate the lack of dystrophin, shown in red, in an unedited human heart muscle cell with DMD (left) and the restoration of dystrophin in a CRISPR-edited human heart muscle cell (right) ...

A new generation of CRISPR technology developed at UNSW Sydney offers a safer path to treating genetic diseases like Sickle Cell, while also proving that chemical tags on DNA – often thought to be ...