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Three-person IVF technique shown to prevent inherited genetic diseases
A new reproductive approach, three-person IVF, combines DNA from biological parents with mitochondria from egg donors, ...
Babies born using 3 people's DNA lack hereditary disease
Approximately one in 5,000 children is born with mitochondrial mutations each year. Defective mitochondria "leave the body ...
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With Ancient DNA, Scientists Have Mapped 37,000 Years of Disease Across Europe and Asia
Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...
Penn CRISPR science is the foundation for a gene-editing heart disease treatment under Eli Lilly
Kiran Musunuru, a University of Pennsylvania cardiologist and leading gene-editing researcher, thinks it’s possible. Musunuru ...
Scientists use DNA from three people to protect babies from rare disease
A cohort of eight babies at risk of inheriting mitochondrial disease were born without complications after British scientists ...
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Three-person DNA IVF stops inherited disease—eight healthy babies born in UK first
In a groundbreaking UK first, eight healthy babies have been born using an IVF technique that includes DNA from three ...
Gene editing technology could be used to save species on the brink of extinction
Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also ...
Genome editing has corrected rare brain mutations in mice; could also help fight neurological diseases
Scientists have corrected gene mutations in mice causing an ultra-rare disease by editing DNA directly in the brain with a ...
Prime editing repairs five genetic mutations to treat rare brain disorder in mice
By the time they are a few months old, infants born with alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) begin experiencing ...
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Gene editing in the brain offers hope for ultra-rare neurological disease
Scientists have corrected gene mutations in mice causing an ultra-rare disease by editing DNA directly in the brain with a ...
Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease
Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help ...