The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out ...

Scientists have created a new method using CRISPR technology to help the immune system better recognize and fight cancer cells. In our bodies, there's something called major histocompatibility ...

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK ...

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Cancer cells sometimes mask themselves as healthy ... The T-cells are sent off to a CRISPR lab, where they get injected with a modified, inactive virus that introduces a new gene which causes ...

But CRISPR's use isn't limited to only genetic diseases. Several gene-editing companies are also targeting various types of cancer. In particular, CRISPR is being used to develop chimeric antigen ...

Since then, the researchers have followed up on significant genes that emerged from the CRISPR study to understand better the mechanisms governing ovarian cancer and to develop treatments.

Despite continued underperformance in 2024, the biotech sector enters 2025 with a brighter outlook driven by groundbreaking ...

CRISPR has made it cheap and easy. How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility The imminent approval of the world's first CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease is just ...

Methods like Easi-CRISPR, along with improvements in DNA and RNA synthesis, are poised to further enhance CAR T cell engineering efforts, ultimately improving cancer therapy and human health.

Researchers using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tools have discovered that while this technology can enhance T cell cancer therapies, it may also lead to unintended chromosomal loss in the edited immune ...

CRISPR screening libraries are collections of carefully designed single-guide RNAs (sgRNAs) that allow researchers to ...