In Depth 11 Jun 2025
Can gene therapy treat vision loss?
…the treatment. In addition, the cells of the retina can keep this DNA functioning for longer than other cells in the body. This means that a single dose injected into…
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News and Trends 6 Nov 2018
Potential HIV Treatment Shows Early Stage Promise
…the enzyme that HIV uses to insert viral DNA into the host cell’s genome. Integrase then inserts too much viral DNA into the cell, blowing the virus’s cover and making…
News and Trends 11 Sep 2019
IBM’s Watson for Genomics Launches in First European Hospital
…on their DNA. Doctors at the Swiss hospital routinely analyze the DNA of cancer patients to find a treatment that could be suitable for their specific case. “It usually…
Opinion 27 Oct 2021
The Lab of the Future: Automation Takes Over in a Post-Pandemic World
…a synthetic biology workflow moves from 12 hours to three hours. In DNA sequencing, pooling together DNA fragments from sample libraries also becomes much faster: transferring each sample takes less…
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News and Trends 2 Mar 2023
New lipid nanoparticle CRISPR delivery system developed
…specific, complementary DNA sequence, and the Cas9 protein cuts that sequence, allowing it to be modified. The guide RNA can be altered to target specific DNA sequences to be modified….
News and Trends 4 Oct 2018
This Year’s Nobel Prizes Highlight Advances in Biotechnology
…known human proteins. He inserted unknown human DNA into viruses that infect bacteria. Inside the bacteria, they multiplied, expressing proteins from that human DNA on their surface. He could then…
News and Trends 2 Mar 2023
Genomic medicine company Chroma raises $135M
…approach Current gene editing approaches regulate gene expression by cutting or nicking DNA, which Chroma Medicine said can introduce risks associated with leveraging unpredictable DNA repair pathways. Chroma Medicine’s single-dose…
News and Trends 20 Oct 2022
Enhanc3D Genomics raises £10M to advance technology platform
…Enhanc3D’s vision is to unlock the full potential of the human genome by decoding the 3D DNA architecture. Current whole-genome sequencing techniques only provide a linear view of our DNA,…
News and Trends 8 Feb 2019
Anti-CRISPR Proteins Could Improve Gene Editing Precision
…by cutting out the viral DNA from the bacterial genome. These systems have formed the basis of groundbreaking gene editing tools today such as CRISPR-Cas9. However, less well studied is…
In Depth 8 Jun 2020
Regulations on Genetic Data Could Threaten Genomics Innovation
…data associated with it. As DNA and protein sequencing technologies evolved and costs dropped, it became easier to read and obtain such information. In other words, the technology evolved faster…
Best in Biotech 28 Jan 2019
5 Real-Life Technologies Where Biotech Meets Science Fiction
…and edit DNA faster and more precisely than ever. Genetic engineering is being used to improve the yield of all sorts of crops. It has been used to make plants…
News and Trends 22 Aug 2019
Two-Drug HIV Therapy Given Every 2 Months Proves Effective in Phase III
…in a formulation that releases them slowly over time. Cabotegravir, developed by ViiV Healthcare, interferes with the insertion of viral DNA into the DNA of human cells. Rilpivirine, developed by…
