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Keep abreast with the latest news related to CRISPR there are 104 news items on CRISPR that covers updates, breakthroughs and in-depth reports.

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CRISPR is a gene editing tool that is revolutionizing medical care with prospective cure for genetic diseases like cancer, diabetes, DMD, eye diseases, obesity.

CRISPR Fights Obesity

CRISPR Fights Obesity

CRIPSR could be used to prevent obesity with predispositions to weight gain. CRISPRa (activation) regulation produced more SIM1 and MCR4 genes, which prevents from developing extreme obesity.

Damages in DNA may Lead to Cancer and Genetic Diseases

Damages in DNA may Lead to Cancer and Genetic Diseases

Mutations occurring as a result of DNA damages, can lead to cancer and other inherited diseases.

World's First Genetically Edited Babies Created in China: CRISPR

World's First Genetically Edited Babies Created in China: CRISPR

A Chinese scientist claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies. The DNA of the twins was edited using CRISPR to prevent them from contracting HIV in the future.

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CRISPR Technique Identifies New Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease

CRISPR Technique Identifies New Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease

Using the CRISPR gene editing technique new study has identified a potential biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease.

CRISPR Gene Editing can Treat Diseases Before Birth

CRISPR Gene Editing can Treat Diseases Before Birth

For the first time, scientists have used CRISPR-Cas9 guided gene editing to prevent genetic disorders before birth. An effective tool was used for prenatal gene editing to edit out disease-causing genes in the fetus.

Phenylketonuria, the Genetic Disease Healed Using Genome Editing

Phenylketonuria, the Genetic Disease Healed Using Genome Editing

Phenylketonuria, a birth defect that increases the levels of a substance called phenylalanine in the blood is healed using CRISPR/Cas9 system.

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CRISPR Gene Editing Method to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

CRISPR Gene Editing Method to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Boosting the expression of the gene for the protein dystrophin to 15% of normal levels could provide significant therapeutic benefits for muscular dystrophy patients, said study.

New Tool That Re-engineers RNA to Correct Genetic Diseases

New Tool That Re-engineers RNA to Correct Genetic Diseases

RNA-modifying tool has been developed to correct certain genetic diseases, according to a study.

CRISPR for Eye Disease Moves Closer to Reality

CRISPR for Eye Disease Moves Closer to Reality

Gene editing tool CRISPR (genome surgery) restores retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal disease, retinitis pigmentosa.

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CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Tool Helps in Making Blood Transfusions Safe

CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Tool Helps in Making Blood Transfusions Safe

Blood transfusions in patients with thalassemia or sickle cell anemia have been made safe by using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool, finds a new study.

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Weight Loss Maybe Possible By Turning Off "Genetic Master-Switch" Associated To Obesity

Weight Loss Maybe Possible By Turning Off "Genetic Master-Switch" Associated To Obesity

The method could cure obesity, a health problem that affects 500 million people around the world and can lead to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.

Inherited Blindness Can be Treated Using Gene-Editing Technique

Inherited Blindness Can be Treated Using Gene-Editing Technique

Retinitis pigmentosa is a class of diseases in which patients experience night blindness in the early stages, along with atrophy and pigment changes in the retina.

Gene-Editing Technique Successfully Stops Progression of DMD

Gene-Editing Technique Successfully Stops Progression of DMD

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common form of muscular dystrophy among boys, is characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness.

Kidney Organoids Grown in Lab to Re-create Kidney Diseases

Kidney Organoids Grown in Lab to Re-create Kidney Diseases

In a one-of-its-kind research scientists have used kidney organoids grown from stem cells and gene editing, to recreate human kidney disease in lab petri dishes.

Test Your Knowledge on CRISPR

Test Your Knowledge on CRISPR

CRISPR/CAS Technology - Potential Cure For All Diseases CRISPR/Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology is a revolutionary gene cutting tool and has innumerable uses in medicine such as removing ...