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World first with genome edited inside patient’s body
Experimental procedure has potential for treating several metabolic disorders, but the long-term risks are yet to be fully understood
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Ethical editing: therapeutics and ‘enhancement’
A newly published report takes a different approach towards the controversial editing of human genomes
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How genome editing could enter mainstream medicine
Forget designer babies and novelty pets. The potential for genome editing to improve the health of the general population is already emerging
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Genomics in government policy
How do we bring exciting research, exceptional medicine and public opinion to routine clinical practice?
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The first ‘three-parent baby’ – of many?
Birth of baby boy with DNA from three parents puts ethical debate on mitochondrial transfer technique back in the spotlight
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Gene editing meets gene therapy
Despite continued ethical debate, latest advances in gene editing technologies are poised to transform patient treatment
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Prospects for an artificial human genome project
Could synthetic biology provide the next chapter in our ‘understanding of the blueprint of life’?
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Shooting the messenger: therapeutic targeting of RNA
As scientists learn more about the crucial role of ‘messenger’ molecules, many see effective targeting as the missing link in our treatment of disease
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Human gene editing: where do we draw the line?
Advancements in our ability to alter the human genome have sparked fresh debate over ‘designer babies’ and health ethics
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Epigenetics – the real key to everything?
It isn't all in the code. Gene alterations play a part in disease, but gene expression may ultimately prove equally - if not more - important
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Genomic damage and repair: prize-winners and pioneers
Since Albert Kelner shone a light on the process of DNA repair in 1948, scientists have been working to harness the power of correction
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Huntington disease and the potential of gene silencing
Will genomic therapy be the key to treating one of the UK's most devastating degenerative diseases?