StockWatch: ARK Mostly Bullish on CRISPR Therapeutics

CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) made history a year ago this month when the FDA approved Casgevy® (exagamglogene autotemcel), the CRISPR-edited therapy it co-developed with Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX), to treat sickle cell disease (SCD)....

SigRM offers breakthrough in single-cell epitranscriptomics analysis

Researchers have developed a new tool that will help scientists study how genes are expressed in our cells. The tool, called SigRM, is used to analyze data from single-cell epitranscriptomics, a method for studying...

Pregnancy and breastfeeding cause major changes in mothers’ intestines

When women are pregnant and nurse their babies, their bodies change and various organs, such as the breasts or the immune system, are adapted to ensure the health of both mother and child. This...

Its Revolutionary Potential as a Liquid Biopsy Sample

View eBook You’ve discovered some interesting biology and have a set of required parameters, thousands of data points, a budget and a deadline. How can you harness the power of computational chemistry to reach your...

Accelerating Cell and Gene Therapy Development Using Gene Editing Functional Genomics Approaches

REGISTER Panelists: Manu Verma, PhDSenior Research ScientistFunctional Genomics Novo Nordisk Research Center Oxford Andy Conery, PhDExecutive Director Biology and Translational Sciences TRIANA Biomedicines John Feder, PhDScientific Director Cell and Genome EngineeringBristol...

Study uncovers dangerous side effects of AZD7648 in gene editing

Genome editing with various CRISPR-Cas molecule complexes has progressed rapidly in recent years. Hundreds of labs around the world are now working to put these tools to clinical use and are continuously advancing them....

Wrapping up 2024: GEN’s Editors Reflect on the Past Year and Look ahead to...

Register Now Panelists: Julianna LeMieux, PhDDeputy Editor in ChiefGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Alex PhilippidisSenior Business EditorGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Uduak ThomasSenior EditorGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Broadcast Date: ...

Super-Resolution Microscopy More Than Pretty Pictures

Even those who maintain that super-resolution microscopy is a powerful tool of biological discovery have admitted that it may have a bit of an image problem. For example, in a recent review, several of...

SRF awards $230,000 grant to advance research on SYNGAP1-Related Disorders

The SynGAP Research Fund (SRF) has awarded a $230,000 grant to The Jackson Laboratory Rare Disease Translational Center to characterize a mouse model for SYNGAP1-Related Disorders, (SRD), a severe neurodevelopmental disorder marked by seizures,...

Polypurine hairpins found to effectively halt SARS-CoV-2 replication

A study led by the University of Barcelona and the Spanish National Research Council's Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC - CSIC) presents a new therapeutic tool capable of inhibiting the proliferation of...