19 December 2023 World Gene Editing Has Arrived The UK and US have both approved a gene editing therapy to overcome the genetic mutation that causes sickle cell disease, but the treatment is expensive.
23 November 2020 Malaysia Malaysian Scientists Identify Genes Behind Oral Cancer Growth Cancer Research Malaysia used the CRISPR genetic scissors to identify genes that can be targeted to kill tumour cells.
12 September 2019 World Scientists Use Gene-Editing In Bid To Treat Man’s Leukaemia, HIV The effort uses the same technology as last year’s highly controversial experiment by scientist He Jiankui.
4 June 2019 World Gene-Edited Babies May Die Slightly Earlier Before Age 76 Those with natural double mutation of the CCR5 gene are 20% less likely to survive to age 76.