Since the discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in 2012, the potential of editing genes for improved agricultural output and treatment […]
Andrew leads the Human Gene Editing R&D group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. After obtaining his PhD at the MRC-LMB […]
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) have characterised and analysed the unique architecture of one of the most complex […]
Advancements in the field of synthetic biology, genetic engineering and genome sequencing technologies have provided the opportunity to improve the […]
Gene therapy is at an inflection point. Many gene and cell therapies have been approved in recent years following decades […]
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 has been awarded jointly to Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier and Dr Jennifer A. Doudna for […]
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles […]
In the past Genomics has faced a lot of controversy, particularly in relation to eugenics. Even today, applications of genomics, […]
The term “genomics” was first coined in 1986 by Tom Roderick, a geneticist from The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, […]
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed two new genetic systems that halt or eliminate gene drives […]
