Human-sheep hybrids have been created by scientists for the first time, opening the door to organs being grown inside the farmyard animals for use in transplants or to cure diabetes. A team at Stanford University successfully grew embryos inside a surrogate for three weeks which had both sheep and human cells. It is the first […]
Monthly Archives: February, 2018
‘It was incredible’: adult stem cells help paralyzed woman walk again
February 8, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Cutting-edge treatment with adult stem cells helped a paralyzed woman regain feeling in her body and start to walk again. The Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) released a new video of Laura Dominguez-Tauer, whose story they first told in 2011, showing the progress in her life since receiving ethical adult stem […]
What is CRISPR gene editing, and how does it work?
by Merlin Crossley | 3 Feb 2018 What is CRISPR gene editing, and how does it work? You’ve probably read stories about new research using the gene editing technique CRISPR, also called CRISPR/Cas9. The scientific world is captivated by this revolutionary technology, since it is easier, cheaper and more efficient than previous strategies for modifying […]
UK doctors select first women to have “three-person babies”
Two women carrying mutations that cause rare genetic disease to undergo radical therapy Doctors in Newcastle have been granted permission to create Britain’s first “three-person babies” for two women who are at risk of passing on devastating and incurable genetic diseases to their children. The green light from the fertility regulator means that doctors at […]