CRISPRoff: Our DNA Switchboard
Imagine having a technological toolkit that can alter and cure the lives of over 6 million Alzheimer patients, just in the United States. Imagine these patients and their families leading a longer, healthier, and financially stress-free life. Imagine medicine reaching a point where treatment is a matter of simply turning off a gene expression. This […]
The Doctor Will Edit You Now!
CRISPR/CAS9 has brought the field of medicine, research, and cell therapy to a turning point. A new set of doors have opened, enabling scientists and researchers to discover new possibilities within the genetic field — the very basis of all organisms. The CRISPR gene editing tool has endless applications, ranging from turning genes on and […]
I Love You with All My Heart… and Genes!
With every new advancement that involves the modifying of the genome, the underlying debate on whether it is supporting eugenics resurfaces. Technologies such as CRISPR-CAS9, IVF, gene therapies, gene editing, etc. have all stirred discussions on the ethics of the applications, availability and affordability. For instance, the average cost of gene therapies and gene editing […]
Scripting Your Future
A Historic Perspective Mankind has reached a tipping point in science where designer babies could soon be the new normal. Dating back to the 1950s, American and British molecular scientists James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the 3D structure of DNA being a double helix shape, with the help of British scientist Rosalind Franklin’s research. […]