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How to defeat malaria

The Economist    25 April 2019

 

 

 

 

How to defeat malaria

Video        The Economist        25 April 2019

 

Malaria still kills around 400,000 people a year.

Efforts to eradicate the disease have stalled because of drug resistance

—but pioneering gene-editing technology might offer a new solution

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm9P5eXtmqw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crispr-Cas9 explained:

the biggest revolution in gene editing

G    28 March 2019

 

 

 

 

Crispr-Cas9 explained: the biggest revolution in gene editing

Video        The Guardian        28 March 2019

 

Professor Jennifer Doudna,

one the pioneers of Crispr-Cas9 gene editing

explains how this important discovery

enables precise changes to our DNA,

which can be used to correct mutations

that cause genetic disease

and completely eradicate it from a germline.

 

Doudna raises the 4 key issues of debate

around this revolutionary discovery

and suggests what will have the most immediate impact.

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?time_continue=261&v=_PU5bCflzEM
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biologist Explains One Concept

in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR

WIRED        24 May 2017

 

 

 

 

Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty

Video        CRISPR | WIRED        24 May 2017

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sweN8d4_MUg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

biotechnology breakthrough >

gene-editing technology > Crispr-Cas9        UK / USA

 

CRISPR, which stands for

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats,

is the basis for a revolutionary

genome-editing technology

that allows researchers to make

very precise modifications to DNA.

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/06/05/
531537611/crispr-five-ways

 

 

The CRISPR-cas9 technology

allows scientists

to make precise edits in DNA,

and that ability could lead

to whole new medical therapies,

research tools

and even new crop varieties.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/05/
504454201/scientists-battle-in-court-over-lucrative-patents-for-gene-editing-tool

 

 

While everyone welcomes

Crispr-Cas9

as a strategy to treat disease,

many scientists are worried

that it could also be used

to alter genes in human embryos,

sperm or eggs

in ways that can be passed

from generation to generation.

 

The prospect raises fears

of a dystopian future

in which scientists create

an elite population

of designer babies

with enhanced intelligence,

beauty or other traits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/
science/jennifer-doudna-crispr-cas9-genetic-engineering.html

 

https://www.npr.org/series/773368439/
the-crispr-revolution

 

 

2023

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/25/
1219342935/sickle-cell-patients-journey-
leads-to-landmark-approval-of-gene-editing-treatmen

 

ign: center; line-height:200%"> https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/08/
1217123089/fda-approves-
first-gene-editing-treatments-for-human-illness

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/31/
1208041252/a-landmark-gene-editing-treatment-for-sickle-cell-disease-
moves-closer-to-realit

 

 

 

 

2022

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/13/
1140384354/crispr-improves-cancer-immunotherapy-car-t-cell

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/
opinion/crispr-gene-editing-cures.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/
science/crispr-science-medical-research.html

 

 

 

 

2021

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/29/
1040879179/vision-loss-crispr-treatment

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/26/
1009817539/he-inherited-
a-devastating-disease-a-crispr-gene-editing-breakthrough-stopped-it

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/10/
993656603/blind-patients-hope-
landmark-gene-editing-experiment-will-restore-their-vision

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/03/08/
974751834/crispr-scientists-biography-
explores-ethics-of-rewriting-the-code-of-life

 

 

 

 

2020

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/15/
944184405/1st-patients-to-get-crispr-gene-editing-treatment-continue-to-thrive

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18/
817811768/yep-they-injected-crispr-into-an-eyeball

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/04/
811461486/in-a-1st-scientists-use-revolutionary-gene-editing-tool-to-edit-inside-a-patient

 

 

 

 

2019

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/25/
784395525/a-young-mississippi-womans-journey-through-a-pioneering-gene-editing-experiment

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/19/
780510277/gene-edited-supercells-make-progress-in-fight-against-sickle-cell-disease

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/06/
776169331/crispr-approach-to-fighting-cancer-called-promising-in-1st-safety-test

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/
775332170/a-revolutionary-experiment-to-edit-human-genes

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/
health/crispr-genetics-antibiotic-resistance.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/22/
gene-editing-crispr-scientists

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/10/21/
771266879/scientists-create-new-more-powerful-technique-to-edit-genes

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/10/10/
766765780/after-a-life-of-painful-sickle-cell-disease-a-patient-hopes-gene-editing-can-hel

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/11/
759369190/crispr-gene-editing-may-offer-path-to-cure-for-hiv-first-published-report-shows

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/22/
746321083/scientists-attempt-controversial-experiment-to-edit-dna-in-human-sperm-using-cri

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/29/
744826505/sickle-cell-patient-reveals-why-she-is-volunteering-for-landmark-gene-editing-st

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/
health/crispr-cancer-leukemia.html

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/06/
776169331/crispr-approach-to-fighting-cancer-called-promising-in-1st-safety-test

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/22/
723582726/scientists-modify-viruses-with-crispr-to-create-new-weapon-against-superbugs

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/17/
714121698/gene-therapy-advances-to-better-treat-bubble-boy-disease

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/16/
712402435/first-u-s-patients-treated-with-crispr-as-gene-editing-human-trials-get-underway

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2019/mar/28/
the-biggest-revolution-in-gene-editing-crispr-cas9-explained-video

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/13/
scientists-call-for-global-moratorium-on-crispr-gene-editing

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/02/
nessa-carey-interview-china-gene-editing-big-pharma-100000-genomes-project

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/20/
693735499/scientists-release-controversial-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-in-high-securit

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/01/
689623550/new-u-s-experiments-aim-to-create-gene-edited-human-embryos

 

 

 

 

2018

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/07/
673878474/outrage-intensifies-over-claims-of-gene-edited-babies

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/
health/crispr-gene-editing-embryos.html

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/11/26/
670752865/chinese-scientist-says-hes-first-to-genetically-edit-babies

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/21/
585336506/doctors-in-china-lead-race-to-treat-cancer-by-editing-genes

 

 

 

 

2017

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/20/
571208704/scientists-use-gene-editing-to-prevents-a-form-of-deafness-in-mice

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/06/05/
531537611/crispr-five-ways

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/05/27/
530210657/how-a-gene-editing-tool-went-from-labs-to-a-middle-school-classroom

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/02/15/
515459773/broad-institute-wins-big-battle-over-crispr-gene-editing-patent

 

https://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/
509482815/new-gene-editing-techniques-hold-the-promise-of-altering-the-fundamentals-of-lif

 

 

 

 

2016

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/05/
504454201/scientists-battle-in-court-over-lucrative-patents-for-gene-editing-tool

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/02/
500331130/science-rewards-eureka-moments-except-when-it-doesnt

 

 

 

 

2015

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/
science/crispr-cas9-human-genome-editing-moratorium.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/
magazine/the-crispr-quandary.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/
science/jennifer-doudna-crispr-cas9-genetic-engineering.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gene-editing technology > Crispr-Cas9 > agriculture, farming

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/
magazine/gene-drive-mosquitoes.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/
science/food-agriculture-genetics.html

 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/
future-of-food/food-technology-gene-editing/ - Aug. 10, 2018

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/
science/groundcherries-crispr-gene-editing.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/
science/genetically-edited-foods-crispr.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/
us/2015-11-27-us-animal-gene-editing.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRISPR > blind patients > restore vision        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/10/
993656603/blind-patients-hope-landmark-gene-editing-experiment-will-restore-their-vision

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

modify DNA > gene-editing tool > CRISPR >

patients with vision loss see color again        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/29/
1040879179/vision-loss-crispr-treatment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRISPR gene-editing tool        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/01/
689623550/new-u-s-experiments-aim-to-create-gene-edited-human-embryos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/26/
1009817539/he-inherited-a-devastating-disease-
a-crispr-gene-editing-breakthrough-stopped-it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enzyme

 

It's called CRISPR-Cas9.

And the Cas9 part is an enzyme.

And enzymes are basically things that cut.

And it's a scalpel.

It's a molecular scissors.

So you put those two things together.

You program CRISPR to go where you want.

And when it gets there,

it cuts the very pieces of DNA you want cut.

 

It's remarkably precise.

It works with great efficiency.

There are - it is not 100 percent perfect.

We can talk about that.

But it's more efficient and more successful

than any such tool there had ever been

or any that anyone had envisioned.

 

https://www.npr.org/2017/01/12/
509482815/new-gene-editing-techniques-
hold-the-promise-of-altering-the-fundamentals-of-lif

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

biotechnology breakthrough

gene-editing technology > gene-edited babies        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/07/
673878474/outrage-intensifies-over-claims-of-gene-edited-babies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

create genetically modified babies using CRISPR        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/11/26/
670752865/chinese-scientist-says-hes-first-to-genetically-edit-babies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

create gene-edited human embryos        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/01/
689623550/new-u-s-experiments-aim-to-create-gene-edited-human-embryos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer A. Doudna

 

biochemist

at the University of California, Berkeley

(who) helped make one

of the most monumental

discoveries in biology:

 

a relatively easy way

to alter any organism’s DNA,

just as a computer user

can edit a word in a document.

 

The discovery

has turned Dr. Doudna

(the first syllable rhymes with loud)

into a celebrity of sorts,

the recipient of numerous

accolades and prizes.

 

The so-called Crispr-Cas9

genome editing technique

is already widely used

in laboratory studies,

and scientists hope

it may one day help

rewrite flawed genes in people,

opening tremendous new possibilities

for treating, even curing, diseases.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/
science/jennifer-doudna-crispr-cas9-genetic-engineering.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/
magazine/the-crispr-quandary.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/
science/jennifer-doudna-crispr-cas9-genetic-engineering.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

editing the human genome / genome editing

 

Genome editing

is a powerful procedure

that has already been a game-changer

in helping scientists to understand

the roles of genes

in health and diseases.

 

It coopts the natural immune

defences of bacteria

to create what is often described

as “molecular scissors”.

 

These can cut out, but also replace,

strands of DNA with great precision.

 

It is possible to change

single letters of the DNA code.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/02/
genome-editing-how-to-modify-genetic-faults-and-the-human-germline

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/
science/crispr-cas9-human-genome-editing-moratorium.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/
science/jennifer-doudna-crispr-cas9-genetic-engineering.html

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/02/
genome-editing-how-to-modify-genetic-faults-and-the-human-germline

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sU2HrmZ-7s - 18 August 2015

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/
science/jennifer-doudna-crispr-cas9-genetic-engineering.html

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/03/20/
394311141/scientists-urge-temporary-moratorium-on-human-genome-edits

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/
science/biologists-call-for-halt-to-gene-editing-technique-in-humans.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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