Genome editing

Feds bust Montana man for super-sheep semen scheme

Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 80, of Vaughn, Montana, conspired with at least five other people to import genetic material from foreign sheep species, clone it, and breed new species for trophy hunters.

 wo male bighorn sheep grazing on Wild Horse Island in Montana.
 Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor.

One child's unexplained symptoms uncovered the origin of rare blood disease - study

 An illustrative depiction of early neolithic farming

How did Europe's first farmers survive disease? New study uncovers answers

 A mouse.

Old mice regain eyesight and develop younger brain in new study


CRISPR gene editing may cause permanent damage - study

Caution from researchers at Tel Aviv University: CRISPR gene editing can damage the genome and might trigger cancer.

 Chromosome segregation In dividing cells. Cell cytoskeleton is depicted in red, DNA is depicted in blue and a protein that marks dividing cells is depicted in green.

TAU researchers test CRISPR genome editing in space

"In the International Space Station, we tested a CRISPR-based detection method developed by Dr. Janice Chen and colleagues in the Doudna lab," TAU's Dr. Dudu Burstein said.

Eytan Stibbe performing the experiment on the International Space Station.

Israeli company reports first ever successful genetically edited cannabis

CanBreed says that using genome editing capabilities, they will be able to develop plants which exhibit improved agronomical traits which would make cannabis farming more affordable and sustainable.

A CanBreed researcher takes a sample from a cannabis plant.

Pluristem joins CRISPR-IL to develop next-gen genome editing products

“We see cell therapy and gene editing as highly synergistic methods to treat and cure diseases using advanced technologies."

Biologists work in a laboratory at Pluristem Theraputics in Haifa