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Doctors use gene-editing to try and cure blindness for the very first time
It’s too early to determine whether the treatment is working or not. The doctors estimate that…
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Why 2022 could be the most crucial year yet for gene editing
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for December 21.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer,Leah Ro…
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What healthcare investors worry about
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for the week ending October 29.
Leah Rosenbaum
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Intellia CEO: There won't be a 'next CRISPR'
CRISPR-Cas9 is a tool that that's often described as a kind of genetic scissors. It allows scientis…
Lydia Ramsey
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A medical diagnostics startup that wants to use CRISPR technology to detect diseases just raised $23 million in venture funding
Martin said that these guide-RNAs can be programmed to find disease-specific RNA or DNA sequences. …
Charlotte Hu
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Silicon Valley startups are experimenting with gene-editing tool Crispr to help grow chicken, beef, and pork in labs - and to upend a $200 billion industry
Several bespoke food and agricultural organizations are interested in resurrecting ancient animal s…
Erin Brodwin
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We'll be eating the first Crispr'd foods within 5 years, according to a geneticist who helped invent the blockbuster gene-editing tool
Back in 2016, researchers at Penn State used Crispr to make mushrooms that don't brown. Last spring…
Erin Brodwin
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This startup wants to start using controversial CRISPR gene-editing technology in people by 2017
Many diseases, like Huntington's Disease and Cystic Fibrosis (CF), are caused by small tweaks, or m…
Lydia Ramsey
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A Chinese scientist claims to have genetically-engineered babies - here's what editing DNA means
That is, except for the work of Dr. He Jiankui. He claims to have used CRISPR to target and knock o…
Andrea Schmitz,Benji Jones
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What you need to know on Wall Street right now
A drug company just struck a deal to discount the price of a lifesaving diabetes medication to $25 …
Business Insider
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Here's what's behind the biotech cash grab
In the past two days, six companies filed for initial public offerings while seven already-pub…
Lydia Ramsey
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Scientists may have cured a man of HIV by injecting him with 'superpower' cells. Here's what it means for the future of AIDS treatment.
"You've gotten millions upon millions of people infected with HIV, and you certainly aren't going t…
Hilary Brueck
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A US panel has endorsed limited genetic modification of humans - here's what that means
Still, there are obstacles to overcome before this happens. For now it's hard to apply a genetic ed…
Kevin Loria
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Here's what the images that just won the Nobel prize in chemistry look like and why they're so transformative
The technique has existed since the 1930s, but many scientists didn't think it could be used to loo…
Kevin Loria
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We asked industry experts what the 'Uber of Healthcare' will be - here's how they responded
"Something like an Uber can take off and just explode because there wasn't a regulatory agency invo…
Lydia Ramsey
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Stephen Hawking was only expected to live a few years after being diagnosed with ALS at age 21 - here's what the disease is
For the more than five decades that Hawking had the disease, he dived in to groundbreaking research…
Hilary Brueck
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Mars colonists will get blasted with radiation levels 8 times higher than government limits - here's what they're up against
More radical solutions for radiation have also been proposed. Christopher Mason, a geneticist and b…
Dave Mosher,Skye Gould
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A 27-year old is offering LSD microdosing kits and online consultations for $127 - here's what the trend is all about
These so-called "trip treatments" typically involve giving someone in a controlled setting about 75…
Erin Brodwin
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What you can find out about your DNA with 23andMe's new test
All of 23andMe's carrier tests must be collected in FDA-approved containers, and they will not be a…
Lydia Ramsey
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How startups can get in top shape for an IPO, according to Silicon Valley lawyer Louis Lehot
With the IPO market set to rebound, startups should make certain hires and enhance financial transp…