Wired asked Biologist Neville Sanjana to explain CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene editing to a 7 year-old, a 14 year-old, a college student, a grad student and a CRISPR expert.
A biologist explains CRISPR in 5 levels of increasing complexity
Scientists have successfully performed CRISPR gene editing in a live human body for the first time ever
CRISPR-Cas9 is the cutting-edge genomic technology that essentially lets you target exact sequences in DNA and then cut into them like a knife and insert or remove a gene. You… READ THE REST
Teen self-injects verses from the Bible and the Koran that have been transposed into DNA
In the first injection in a human being of macromolecules whose primary structure was developed from a religious text a French 16 year old named Adrien Locatelli describes how he… READ THE REST
Mice given an experimental gene therapy don't get fat, regardless of caloric intake
Researchers at Flinders University knocked out a gene known as RCAN1 in mice, hypothesizing that this would increase "non-shivering thermogenesis," which "expends calories as heat rather than storing them as… READ THE REST
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We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds
While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST
