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Patient gets gene-editing treatment to permanently lower cholesterol

Verve Therapeutics is trialing a gene-editing treatment with CRISPR to change the DNA in liver cells to lower LDL cholesterol.

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CRISPR gene-editing treatment almost 100% effective after three years

The first human trial of CRISPR gene-editing technology in the United States has all but cured 31 patients of SCD and 44 of TDT.

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Scientists use gene editing tool to create violent mutant hamsters

A team of researchers have used the CRISPR gene editing tool to accidentally create two mutant hamsters that are violent.

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Gene editing tools can now alter social behavior, including aggression

Researchers have used CRISPR-Cas9 to knockout Avpr1a receptors in hamsters, eliminating vasopressin's social behavior regulation.

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New biosensors allow CRISPR gene edits to be seen with the naked eye

As gene editing technologies improve, a new biosensor has been produced to show the activity of the most prolific one yet, CRISPR.

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More CRISPR-like gene editing tools discovered

CRISPR shook up the world with its gene-editing potential in the last few years; now the possibilities are even more numerous.