Cellular Receptors Identified for Eastern Equine Encephalitis
A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School has identified a set of cellular receptors for at least ...
Tag: CRISPR
UCSD Develops Rapid Coronavirus ‘SENSR’ Using CRISPR Technology
Blending experts from molecular genetics, chemistry and health sciences, researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a ...
Sterilizing Male Mosquitoes with Gene Editing to Reduce Disease Spread
Rendering certain male mosquitoes infertile with CRISPR-Cas9 techniques could slow the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. Researchers at the Army’s Institute for ...
Stopping Zika: Engineering an Alternative to ‘Suicide Mosquitoes’
A new study from the University of Missouri and Colorado State University outlines the application of CRISPR gene-editing technology to ...
The EU Not Ready for the Release of Gene Drive Organisms into the Environment
Within the last decades, new genetic engineering tools for manipulating genetic material in plants, animals and microorganisms are getting large ...
Mammoth Biosciences Raises $45 Million to Build Next Generation CRISPR Products For Therapeutics and Diagnostics
Mammoth Biosciences, the company behind the world’s first CRISPR-based disease detection platform, today announced an oversubscribed round of $45 million ...
What’s the Right Way for Scientists to Edit Human Genes? 5 Essential Reads
Since scientists first figured out how to edit genes with precision using a technology called CRISPR, they’ve been grappling with ...
FDA Public Webinar: Genome Editing in Animals
On December 3, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), with participation from the FDA’s ...
Genome Damage From CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Higher Than Thought
A new study published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology reveals that CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing can cause greater genetic damage ...
CRISPR: Researchers Develop Miniature Paper Diagnostic Test
The team that first unveiled the rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic tool called SHERLOCK has greatly enhanced the tool's ...
U.S. Government Developing Tools to Identify and Characterize Nucleic Acid Sequences of Concern
Battelle has been awarded a contract by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop threat assessment software to ...
Superbugs and Superdrugs: Researchers Identify 10 New Immune Systems in Bacteria
Bacteria have been defending themselves from phages—viruses that attack bacterial cells—for billions of years, and, unlocking the immune mechanisms they ...
IARPA Awards Contracts to Develop Fun GCAT Biosecurity Tools
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) this week announced a multi-year research effort to develop new biosecurity tools under ...
DARPA Awards ‘Safe Genes’ Contract to Mass Gen
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a cooperative agreement to Massachusetts General Hospital for research and development ...
Regulatory Agencies Need Better Preparation for Next-Generation Biotechnologies
A profusion of biotechnology products is expected over the next five to 10 years, and the number and diversity of ...
IARPA Seeks Technologies and Methods to Detect Genome Editing
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is seeking information on potential tools and methods that can be used to ...
Low-Cost Paper-Based Diagnostic for Zika Virus
Sensors are embedded into paper discs and freeze-dried along with a cell-free transcription and translation system, to be deployed in ...
Using CRISPR to Discover Zika’s Weaknesses
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have performed the first CRISPR/Cas9 screen to discover human proteins that ...
Preventing & Treating Biological Exposures
The Eagleson Institute, in partnership with the Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation, will host Preventing & Treating Biological Exposures – ...
