Genetic engineering

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Genetic engineering

Minimum mobile cell

Japanese scientists have created the smallest creature capable of independent movement.

02.12.2022
Genetic engineering

Cancer in vitro

Researchers from the USA have grown an organoid of a gastrointestinal compound derived from human tissues and turned it into a cancer model.

02.12.2022
Genetic engineering

Edited Cows

The purpose of genome editing was to obtain cattle embryos with altered genes.

01.12.2022
Genetic engineering

Traffic light for nematodes

Biologists have introduced genes encoding light-sensitive proteins into the worms' DNA. This made it possible to control them with the help of light.

29.11.2022
Genetic engineering

CRISPR with high load capacity

The new method allows the introduction of giant DNA fragments several thousand nucleotides long into genomes.

28.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Tobacco instead of coca

Biologists have "taught" tobacco plants to produce small amounts of cocaine.

28.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Proteins to order

With the help of artificial intelligence, Swedish scientists have developed synthetic DNA that controls the production of protein by cells.

25.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Covid mice

The Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS has created a line of mice that are affected by coronavirus.

25.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Recombinant vectors

Researchers from the USA have developed viral vectors to deliver genes to the primate brain using "directed evolution".

25.11.2022
Genetic engineering

A new record

The FDA has approved the first therapy against hemophilia B from UniQure. The drug will become the most expensive in the world with a price of $ 3.5 million.

24.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Three out of fourteen

Treatment of one of the forms of Leber's amaurosis with CRISPR-Cas9 slightly improved vision in only a small part of patients.

21.11.2022
Genetic engineering

CRISPR instead of viral vectors

A new variant of personalized cancer therapy using T cells may be more affordable than existing ones.

11.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy for the brain

Scientists have demonstrated the first promising results on a mouse model of epilepsy, but the potential of therapy is not limited to this.

09.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Green filter

A genetically modified houseplant effectively cleanses the air from volatile organic substances harmful to health.

03.11.2022
Genetic engineering

8 times faster

According to the new technique, CAR-T cells can be produced in just 24 hours. The previous record is eight days, the average time is three weeks.

01.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Virus Editor

American molecular biologists were able to adapt the popular genomic editor CRISPR/Cas13 to work with the genome of bacteriophages.

01.11.2022
Genetic engineering

Watch out for mice

Most likely, the review of the article on the results obtained on mice will not undermine the credibility of Zolgensma, and it will continue to be prescribed to patients.

31.10.2022
Genetic engineering

BOO!

A hybrid coronavirus with a "skeleton" from the Wuhan variant and a "spike" from omicron was named after developers from Boston University.

27.10.2022