Scientists have identified new gene modifications that can make tomatoes and eggplants grow bigger, which could help boost yields in developing countries.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Food, Food security, Food technology, Crops, Genetic engineering, Genetics, Fruit, Plants, Johns Hopkins University, CRISPR
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Simple gene change grows much bigger tomatoes and eggplants
Posted by ArielTechGeek 54 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Gene therapy surgery restores some vision to legally blind children
Posted by ArielTechGeek 59 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists in the UK have successfully used gene therapy to restore some vision to legally blind children with an inherited retinal condition. All 11 children in the clinical trial saw improvements within weeks of a single surgical treatment.Continue ReadingCategory: Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Blind, Blindness, Retina, Eye, Vision, Sight, gene therapy, Genetics, clinical trial
Heart attack damage could be reversed by reactivating dormant gene
Posted by ArielTechGeek 101 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Heart attacks are dangerous not just because of the initial event, but the long-term damage afterwards. Now scientists have discovered a dormant gene that could be reactivated to regenerate heart tissue, preventing the progression to heart failure.Continue ReadingCategory: Heart Disease, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Heart, Heart Failure, Heart attack, Protein, Regenerative, Rege
Remote-controlled gene therapy uses ultrasound to kill cancer
Posted by ArielTechGeek 141 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new kind of cancer gene therapy can be remotely activated at a specific part of the body. The team developed a version of CRISPR that responds to ultrasound, and demonstrated how it can be used to clear cancer in mice.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Cancer, The Immune System, Immunotherapy, CRISPR, gene therapy, Genetic engineering, University of
Mouse engineered from ancient gene older than animal life
Posted by ArielTechGeek 151 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists have engineered a hybrid mouse with a gene that predates all animal life. The team replaced a single gene in the mouse stem cells with a version from an ancient, single-celled ancestor, and successfully grew healthy live mice from it.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Stem Cells, Cells, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS), Queen Mary University of London, Mouse, Regenerat
Tweak to common cell protein gene extends healthy lifespan by 30%
Posted by ArielTechGeek 178 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Not only have researchers identified how a common cellular protein affects aging, but they’ve tweaked the genes that produce it in fruit flies, extending healthy lifespan by 25% to 30%. The discovery opens the door to healthier aging in humans.Continue ReadingCategory: Aging WellTags: Protein, Genetic engineering, Aging, Lifespan, UCLA
Muscular dystrophy-reversing gene therapy: Human trials in 2 years
Posted by ArielTechGeek 280 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has shown promise in not only slowing the progression of the disease but potentially even reversing the muscle damage, with human trials set to begin within two years.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: gene therapy, Genetics, Muscular Dystrophy, Disease, University of Washington
Better-than-normal hearing unlocked by gene tweak
Posted by ArielTechGeek 301 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Age-related hearing loss was primarily thought to be caused by damage to or destruction of hair cells. A row of inner hair cells in the snail-like cochlea converts sound vibrations into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain via the auditory nerve. However, recent research suggests that damage to the synapses that connect these hair cells to auditory nerve fibers may be the first st
Gene therapy repairs spinal discs to relieve back pain
Posted by ArielTechGeek 344 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
It feels like back pain comes for many of us at some point in our lives, and it’s tricky to treat. A new gene therapy, which repairs damaged discs and reduces pain, has shown promise in mouse tests.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Back Pain, Pain, Spinal, Chronic, Ohio State University, gene therapy
AI-designed gene editing tools successfully modify human DNA
Posted by ArielTechGeek 369 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Medically, AI is helping us with everything from identifying abnormal heart rhythms before they happen to spotting skin cancer. But do we really need it to get involved with our genome? Protein-design company Profluent believes we do.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: CRISPR, Genetics, Genetic engineering, DNA
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