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Keep abreast with the latest news related to CRISPR there are 106 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.

New Tool May Help Doctors to Diagnose Genetic Diseases

New Tool May Help Doctors to Diagnose Genetic Diseases

A new software tool called Mendel, MD could help doctors to analyze the patients’ genetic data for diagnosing diseases.

CRISPR Used to Modify Vision Loss Caused by Genetic Mutation

CRISPR Used to Modify Vision Loss Caused by Genetic Mutation

Removing the Nrl gene using CRISPR is found to reverse vision loss in people with retinitis pigmentosa, providing a potential therapeutic method.

New Drug Targets for Cancer Identified Using CRISPR

New Drug Targets for Cancer Identified Using CRISPR

CRISPR gene editing tool was used to identify synthetic-lethal genetic interactions which could be used to develop new drug targets for cancer therapy.

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Facial Recognition Software Helps to Diagnose Rare Genetic Disease

Facial Recognition Software Helps to Diagnose Rare Genetic Disease

A facial recognition software can be used to diagnose rare genetic disease, finds study.

New Insight into Odor Producing Rare Genetic Disease

New Insight into Odor Producing Rare Genetic Disease

Study identifies mutations in many other genes that could possibly contribute to trimethylaminuria.

Alpha-lipoic Acid Prevents Kidney Stones in Rare Genetic Disease

Alpha-lipoic Acid Prevents Kidney Stones in Rare Genetic Disease

Patients with cystinuria need treatment options as the currently available medications are decades old, not efficacious and associated with side effects.

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Anti-CRISPR Proteins Identified to Control Gene Editing Tool CRISPR

Anti-CRISPR Proteins Identified to Control Gene Editing Tool CRISPR

Anti-CRISPR proteins have been identified to block the activity of the CRISPR- Cas 9 system, preventing unintended mutations.

CRISPR Screening Successfully Identifies Potential HIV Treatment Targets

CRISPR Screening Successfully Identifies Potential HIV Treatment Targets

CRISPR genome screening identifies human ‘host’ genes that promote HIV infection, which might be targeted in HIV treatment in the future.

Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia Using CRISPR

Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia Using CRISPR

CRISPR gene editing tool is used to correct mutations in the hematopoietic cells of sickle cell anemia patients.

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Rare Childhood Genetic Disease Linked With a Major Cancer Gene

Rare Childhood Genetic Disease Linked With a Major Cancer Gene

A molecular link between Fanconi anemia and a gene strongly associated with uterine, prostate and brain cancer has been established by researchers.

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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

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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 ...