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Genome-Edited Hornless Cows’ Offspring Are Healthy: Study
All six calves inherited the gene for preventing horn growth, but four also got a piece of the plasmid used to introduce the sequence to their dad—complicating regulatory approval.
Genome-Edited Hornless Cows’ Offspring Are Healthy: Study
Genome-Edited Hornless Cows’ Offspring Are Healthy: Study

All six calves inherited the gene for preventing horn growth, but four also got a piece of the plasmid used to introduce the sequence to their dad—complicating regulatory approval.

All six calves inherited the gene for preventing horn growth, but four also got a piece of the plasmid used to introduce the sequence to their dad—complicating regulatory approval.

genetics & genomics, biotechnology

FDA Approves Gene Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Ashley Yeager | May 27, 2019 | 3 min read
At $2 million for a single dose, Novartis’s Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine to date, but still less expensive over a lifetime than another approved drug for the rare genetic disease.
Anti-CRISPR Proteins Found that Block Cas12a Nuclease
Ashley Yeager | Sep 6, 2018 | 1 min read
Using bioinformatics, two teams of scientists identified inhibitory proteins for Cas9’s relative.
Novel Method Could Accelerate DNA Synthesis
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 19, 2018 | 2 min read
The new technique uses an enzyme found in vertebrate immune systems to attach nucleotides to a growing strand.  
EU Advisor Recommends Regulatory Exemption for Gene Editing
Catherine Offord | Jan 18, 2018 | 2 min read
Crops produced using mutagenic technologies such as CRISPR should generally be exempt from regulatory laws governing GMOs, according to the published opinion.
DNA Sequencing: From Tedious to Automatic
Catherine Offord | Oct 1, 2016 | 5 min read
Sequencing has gone from a laborious manual task costing thousands of dollars to a quick and cheap practice that is standard for many laboratories.
Exploring Alternative Codon Usage in Yeast
Kim Smuga-Otto | Aug 18, 2016 | 3 min read
Newly discovered amino acid reassignment could have implications for certain biotech applications and RNA-based evolutionary theories.
Report: Still Lots to Learn About GE Crops
Tracy Vence | May 17, 2016 | 2 min read
A National Academies–led analysis evaluates the impacts of genetically engineered crops—and calls for updated regulations.
First Data from Anti-Aging Gene Therapy
Kerry Grens | Apr 25, 2016 | 4 min read
A biotech company reports that an experimental treatment elongated its CEO’s telomeres. 
New CRISPR Patent Issued
Jef Akst | Feb 18, 2016 | 1 min read
Caribou Biosciences receives a patent related to the gene-editing technology.
Thermo Fisher to Acquire Affymetrix
Tracy Vence | Jan 11, 2016 | 1 min read
The boards of both companies have agreed to a $1.3 billion deal, which is subject to Affymetrix shareholder approval.
TS Picks: CRISPR Patent Edition
Kerry Grens | Jan 5, 2016 | 2 min read
A challenge to the first CRISPR patent just got teeth.
Year in Review: CRISPR Blossoms
Jef Akst | Dec 16, 2015 | 3 min read
As researchers work to improve the precision gene-editing technology, the community discusses the best way to use it.
CRISPR 2.0?
Jef Akst | Sep 28, 2015 | 2 min read
A pioneer of the gene-editing technique discovers a protein that could improve its accuracy.
Direct-to-Consumer Liquid Biopsy
Kerry Grens | Sep 13, 2015 | 2 min read
Some doctors advise shoppers to be skeptical of a newly marketed cancer diagnostic.
Characterizing DNA Quadruplexes
Jef Akst | Sep 10, 2015 | 2 min read
Researchers are developing new techniques to better understand how and why knots of DNA are distributed throughout the genome.
Optogenetics Meets CRISPR
Jef Akst | Jun 15, 2015 | 2 min read
Researchers in Japan have developed a photoactivatable Cas9 nuclease to control CRISPR-based gene editing with the flip of a switch.
Synthetic Biology Entrepreneur Dies
Kerry Grens | Jun 11, 2015 | 1 min read
Austen Heinz, who founded Cambrian Genomics to custom print DNA and had grand ideas about designing organisms, has passed away at age 31.
Venter’s New Digs
Bob Grant | Oct 9, 2013 | 1 min read
Genomics pioneer Craig Venter is building a new campus for his non-profit research institute right next to his alma mater in San Diego.
Week in Review: August 26–30
Tracy Vence | Aug 30, 2013 | 3 min read
New model for neurodevelopment; more biotechs going public; how a virus jumped from mammals to birds; statin side effect linked to genetic variant
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