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US approves two gene therapies for sickle cell disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a pair of gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment based on the breakthrough CRISPR gene editing technology.

The Hindu

The First CRISPR Gene Therapy Was Finally Approved In The US — Here’s How It Works

Using the gene editing tool CRISPR, the new therapy promises a cure for those with sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia, but cost could be a barrier to care.

Inverse

UK becomes 1st country to approve gene therapy treatment for sickle cell, thalassemia

Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. In a statement on Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had approved Casgevy, the…

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Goodbye Statins? New Gene Editing Therapy Slashes High Cholesterol

A new gene therapy targeting an enzyme involved in familial hypercholesterolemia slashes bad cholesterol in a small clinical trial.

Inverse

Gene-edited chickens could stop bird flu

Recent advances in gene editing technology could potentially be used to create disease-resistant animals. This could curtail the spread of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.

The Hindu

Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study shows how

Recent advances in gene editing technology could potentially be used to create disease-resistant animals. This could curtail the spread of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.

The Conversation

Gene editing offers chickens some protection against bird flu

Scientists have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes

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World’s first flu-resistant chickens could pave way for gene-edited UK poultry

Research shows birds with small alterations to one gene are highly resistant to avian flu

The Guardian - UK

Silkworms Engineered To Produce Super-strong Spider Silk

The silk is said to be around six times stronger than Kevlar - an extremely strong material used to make bulletproof vests.

Zenger

His baby gene editing shocked ethicists. Now he's in the lab again

He Jiankui, who shocked the world in 2018 by announcing the creation of the first gene-edited babies, tells NPR he's now working on a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

WEKU

Erasing or replacing errors in a patient's genetic code can treat and cure some genetic diseases

Genetic diseases can have devastating consequences for the people who inherit them. In recent years, scientists have found that there are human genetic diseases that might be treatable, and perhaps even curable, through gene editing. Gene editing is the process by which sections of a person’s DNA are altered. Commonly…

The Conversation

The elephant in the rooms of our stately homes

Brief letters: National Trust visits | Bill Tidy | Standing stones | Gene editing | Trampoline ban

The Guardian - UK

Pets could be gene-edited under new English law, says RSPCA

Act opens door to technology being used to create cats and dogs with extreme features, says charity

The Guardian - UK

Gene-edited food development now legal in England

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments do not permit the commercial use of gene editing

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Sickle cell patient's success with gene editing raises hopes and questions

A Mississippi woman's life has been transformed by a treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. All her symptoms from a disease once thought incurable have disappeared.

The Guardian - UK

Forthcoming genetic therapies raise serious ethical questions, experts warn

One of greatest risks of gene editing tools ‘is that the people who would benefit most will not be able to access them’

The Guardian - UK

UK government urged to consider changing law to allow gene editing of embryos

Citizens’ panel of people with experience of genetic conditions says discussion urgently needed for research

The Guardian - UK

Does gene editing hold the key to improving mental health?

Research suggests traumatic childhood experiences embed themselves in our brains and put us at risk of mental illness, but epigenetic editing may offer us hope of removing them

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The Conversation

What is gene editing and how could it shape our future?

It is the most exciting time in genetics since the discovery of DNA in 1953. This is mainly due to scientific breakthroughs including the ability to change DNA through a process called gene editing.

Reuters

In-vitro plant gene editing technique excluded from GMO rules, EU court says

In-vitro plant gene editing techniques that are used conventionally and have a long safety record are excluded from EU laws restricting the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Europe's highest court said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

How far should we go with gene editing in pursuit of the ‘perfect’ human?

As the world’s top human genome editing researchers gather in London, the ethical issues posed by pioneering scientific advances will be high on their agenda

Evening Standard

Gene editing company aims to bring dodo ‘back to life’

Scientists at US-based firm Colossal Biosciences believe they may successfully rebuild the dodo genome in the body of a living relative

The Guardian - UK

Gene editing company hopes to bring dodo ‘back to life’

Company is raising further $150m to pursue research on dodo which became extinct in 17th century

Salon

The case of the first gene-edited babies

A new documentary looks at disgraced scientist He Jiankui, who helped create the first babies with edited genes

The Conversation

Did He Jiankui 'Make People Better'? Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies

In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth of the first babies with edited genes, numerous articles, books and international commissions have reflected on whether and how heritable genome editing – that is, modifying genes that will be passed on to the…

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