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CRISPR-Cas9 datasets analysis leads to largest genetic screen resource for cancer research

20.12.2019 Health Problems

A comprehensive map of genes necessary for cancer survival is one step closer, following the validation of the two largest CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screens in 725 cancer models, across 25 different cancer types. Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard compared the consistency of the two datasets, independently verifying the methodology and findings. The […]

CRISPR enhances gene therapy to fight inherited diseases

10.04.2018 Health Problems

Gene therapy has shown promise in treating inherited genetic diseases, but a major issue that has frustrated scientists remains: Replacing a “bad” gene with a healthy one often is a short-lived fix. Typically, the healthy replacement gene works for just a few weeks. Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have combined the gene-editing tool CRISPR […]