The game changing technique to create babies from skin cells . . . Researchers have previously created mouse eggs from their tail cells using induced pluripotent stem cells, and fertilizing those resulting in viable pups. Th...
Same-sex mouse parents give birth via gene editing
SCIENCE & INNOVATION PUBLISHED OCTOBER 11, 2018 BY MAYA WEI-HAAS Scientists delivered pups with genetic material from two moms and two dads. But only pups with two moms survived to have babies themselves. BIRDS DO IT, bees do it—even laboratory m...
CRISPR cures inherited disorder in mice, paving way for genetic therapy before birth
CRISPR cures inherited disorder in mice On a very positive ethical note, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have utilized CRISPR to cure mice of a fatal liver disease while in utero! This “proof of concept” ...
The Next Phase of Human Gene-Therapy Oversight
from NCER:In the US, over 700 investigational trials are ongoing in the gene therapy field, and with the rapid adoption of CRISPR gene editing technology, the NEJM admits that gene therapy will soon be a “mainstay of treatment for many diseases”. ...
