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HIV Eliminated from the Genomes of Living Animals

Posted by Carol Szczepaniak August 14, 2019 No Comments

NCER Notes: With more than 36 M HIV infected people worldwide, and over 1 M living in the U.S., a cure for the disease is fervently sought. Researchers at our own UNMC in Omaha, Ne. believe they have found that cure! Mice were injected with human stem cell...

CRISPR Babies: When Will the World Be Ready?

Posted by Carol Szczepaniak August 14, 2019 No Comments

NCER Notes: As an alarming example of how the gene editing of embryos can be dangerous, the first gene edited babies born in China last year now have a high probability of a significantly shorter lifespan due to unexpected consequences of the editing. Because of ...

Study Will Test CRISPR Gene Editing Inside the Body for the First Time

Posted by Carol Szczepaniak August 14, 2019 No Comments

Notes from NCER: In hopes of receiving sight, adults and children with an inherited form of blindness will have their genes edited in the first ever treatment that will alter patients’ native DNA using CRISPR. The specific condition,...

The Immaculate Conception?

Posted by Carol Szczepaniak June 4, 2019 No Comments

NCER Notes With a discovery straight out of science fiction, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have taken us one step closer to human reproduction without the need for eggs and sperm. How is this possible? They have discovered the genes necessary to transform huma...