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In Depth 25 Jul 2018

Could These Groundbreaking Therapies Make Conventional Antibiotics a Thing of the Past?

With the rise of antimicrobial resistance across the globe, and with a dire lack of new antibiotics in the pipeline, more attention is going towards developing innovative treatments and technologies that kill superbugs in completely new ways. Here, we take a closer look at some of the most promising of these technologies emerging from the […]

July 25, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By Farhan Mitha

News and Trends 16 Jul 2018

CRISPR-Cas9 Shown to Cause Previously Unseen DNA Damage

Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK have found that gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9 can cause significantly more off-target damage to the DNA than previously thought. Published today in Nature Biotechnology, the study is the first to look at unexpected DNA changes caused by CRISPR across large regions of the genome. […]

July 16, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Interview 28 Jun 2018

The Race to Get CRISPR to the Clinic: Hope Versus Hype

In 2016, German pharma giant Bayer took a bold step and decided to partner with CRISPR Therapeutics to form a company that could join the race to be first into the clinic with a CRISPR therapy. Peter Nell worked at Bayer for many years and was one of the founding team of Casebia Therapeutics. Now […]

June 28, 2018 - 7 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

News and Trends 11 Jun 2018

Scientists Warn CRISPR Therapy Could Cause Cancer as First Human Trials Take Place

A study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has revealed that CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing could favor mutations in the most common cancer-causing gene. What does it mean for the first CRISPR therapy trials in humans? CRISPR-Cas9 has taken the life sciences field by storm, making gene editing simpler and faster than ever. Although CRISPR-Cas9 gene […]

June 11, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 1 Jun 2018

FDA Puts Clinical Trial for CRISPR Therapy on Hold

The FDA has put a hold on CRISPR Therapeutics’ planned Phase I/II trial testing a CRISPR gene-editing therapy in patients with sickle cell disease, which will likely delay the use of CRISPR-based therapies in humans. CRISPR Therapeutics, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and its partner Vertex Pharmaceuticals will have to postpone their plans to start a Phase I/II trial […]

June 1, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

In Depth 13 Mar 2018

The Most Important Battle in Gene Editing: CRISPR versus TALEN

Despite all the hype, CRISPR is still not in the clinic as a standalone therapy or part of another. So where is it in biotech? CRISPR needs no introduction. Since the gene editing technology first entered the spotlight in 2012 with the promise of revolutionizing gene editing, it has made headlines as the subject of a furious […]

March 13, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By Editorial Team

News and Trends 1 Mar 2018

Doudna and Charpentier Get Second CRISPR Patent in Europe

Just a month after the European Patent Office revoked a CRISPR patent from the competitors of Doudna and Charpentier, they have been granted a second patent that covers a new form of the popular gene editing tool. The European Patent Office has granted CRISPR co-inventor Emmanuelle Charpentier, together with the University of California and the University […]

March 1, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

More News! 28 Feb 2018

Could A More Precise CRISPR/Cas9 System Treat Huntington’s Disease?

Polish researchers tested a new variant of CRISPR/Cas9 that increases the gene-editing system’s precision in targeting specific DNA sequences, such as the gene responsible for Huntington’s disease. CRISPR/Cas9 offers a means of editing genes by essentially ‘cutting and pasting’ sequences of DNA. A group of researchers at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Poland has developed […]

February 28, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

News and Trends 16 Feb 2018

French Biotech Gets a CRISPR Patent for CAR-T Research

Update (16/02/2018): On top of the European patent it got last July, Cellectis now also has two US patents to use CRISPR technology to make CAR-T cells. Cellectis has said it will offer licenses to companies that want to use CRISPR gene editing in T cells. Not just for inserting CAR antigens, but also other editions […]

February 16, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

In Depth 6 Feb 2018

CRISPR/Cas9: Could the Gene Editing Technology be the Future of Drug Discovery?

The emergence of CRISPR/Cas9 technologies has enabled almost unlimited gene editing opportunities. Not only could it be used as a therapeutic tool, the genome editing tool could kickstart a revolution in drug discovery. To date, much of the attention on CRISPR/Cas9, which stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, has revolved around its potential as […]

February 6, 2018 - 9 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

In Depth 31 Jan 2018

Why Does Europe Lag Behind the US and China in the Gene Editing Race?

America and China lead the development of new gene editing technologies, producing GMOs and bringing CRISPR-based therapies into the clinic. Could this render European biotechs in this area obsolete? Gene editing technologies have revolutionized genetics and mark a new generation in biomedical and agricultural sciences. There are endless applications for the technology, including gene therapies for […]

January 31, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By Ekaterina Perets

News and Trends 22 Jan 2018

European Court Supports the Softening of CRISPR Gene Editing Rules

The tough regulations that apply to genetically modified organisms may no longer affect plants and animals created using CRISPR gene editing technology. The European Court of Justice has ruled that crops and drugs developed using precise gene-editing techniques like CRISPR/Cas9 may not need to be regulated as strictly as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). So far, […]

January 22, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

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Could These Groundbreaking Therapies Make Conventional Antibiotics a Thing of the Past?

CRISPR-Cas9 Shown to Cause Previously Unseen DNA Damage

The Race to Get CRISPR to the Clinic: Hope Versus Hype

Scientists Warn CRISPR Therapy Could Cause Cancer as First Human Trials Take Place

FDA Puts Clinical Trial for CRISPR Therapy on Hold

The Most Important Battle in Gene Editing: CRISPR versus TALEN

Doudna and Charpentier Get Second CRISPR Patent in Europe

Could A More Precise CRISPR/Cas9 System Treat Huntington’s Disease?

French Biotech Gets a CRISPR Patent for CAR-T Research

CRISPR/Cas9: Could the Gene Editing Technology be the Future of Drug Discovery?

Why Does Europe Lag Behind the US and China in the Gene Editing Race?

European Court Supports the Softening of CRISPR Gene Editing Rules

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