by rss feed | Apr 30, 2021 | CRISPR, CRISPR people, human gene editing, human genetic modification, Medical Tourism, News Feeds
I wrote earlier this week about Medeus clinic in Ukraine seemingly trying to recruit genetics researchers to CRISPR people for trait enhancement. Aiming for CRISPR people with trait enhancement? In the recruitment emails they sent out it seemed fairly clear that they...
by rss feed | Apr 28, 2021 | CRISPR, CRISPR babies, designer babies, Medeus Clinic, News Feeds, Ukraine
It was a couple of years back that researcher He Jiankui claimed he made three “CRISPR babies.” No one would think about doing any kind of rogue gene-editing again, right? Not even somatic gene edits. After all, as far as we know he’s in jail. We...
by rss feed | Jan 17, 2021 | CRISPR, CRISPR sickle cell, News Feeds, Parkinson's Disease, Sickle Cell Disease, Weekend Reads, weekly reads
I’m playing catch-up on some reading given how busy I’ve been and this includes a groundbreaking NEJM pub on CRISPR for Sickle Cell and Thalassemia. CRISPR for Sickle Cell From December, here’s the key paper in the NEJM: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing for...
by rss feed | Jan 17, 2021 | CRISPR, CRISPR sickle cell, News Feeds, Parkinson's Disease, Sickle Cell Disease, Weekend Reads, weekly reads
I’m playing catch-up on some reading given how busy I’ve been and this includes a groundbreaking NEJM pub on CRISPR for Sickle Cell and Thalassemia. CRISPR for Sickle Cell From December, here’s the key paper in the NEJM: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing for...
by rss feed | Nov 24, 2020 | bioethics, biohacker Rich Lee, biohackers, biohacking, biohacking CRISPR, CRISPR, gene editing, Josiah Zayner, Ling Ling Chang, Mina Kim, News Feeds, The Odin
How should we view biohackers and their DIY use of CRISPR outside of the traditional industry or academic lab environment? Introduction to “Biohackers” and DIY CRISPR Who are biohackers exactly? They are people who “hack” their own biology by transforming their bodies...
by rss feed | Oct 25, 2020 | cell death and disease journal, chromatin, CRISPR, DNA origami, goniometer, Jiami Guo, John Tuthill, News Feeds, NYSCF, Robertson Investigators, Samantha Morris, Stem Cell Reports, stemness
Maybe we can use science as an escape from politics during the last week or so before the election? I hope so. Here are my weekly recommended reads. Several papers ended up relating to nucleus, cell and embryo size and space as well as chromatin, which is very...
