Nebraska Coalition for Ethical Research encourages the continued use of CRISPR/Cas-9 in animal research and in adult human cell cultures as a means toward it’s eventual safe and efficacious use for the correction of disease genes in adult human beings. NCER agrees with the calls for a self-imposed moratorium and an international meeting on the […]
We are now one step closer to designer babies. Using a technique called CRISPR, geneticists in China recently modified the DNA of nonviable human embryos and published the results in the journal Protein & Cell. Editing the genetic material of human embryos was a first — and the April 18 publication of the results set off a cascade […]
as seen in THE INDEPENDENT SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015 The first attempt at giving human volunteers “synthetic blood” made in a laboratory for the first time will take place within the next two years, the NHS has announced. A long-awaited clinical trial of artificial red blood cells will occur before 2017, NHS scientists said. The […]
As seen in Science Daily – June 9, 2015 Source:Creighton University Summary:Researchers are exploring the potential for gene and stem cell therapy in coronary artery bypass grafts to prevent re-occlusion in the grafted vein. Based on animal studies, the team is seeing a marked improvement in preventing re-occlusion, with no side effects A Creighton University […]
