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Harvard team uses CRISPR to silence extra chromosome 21 in lab

A research team led by geneticist Jeannie Lee at Harvard Medical School, cell biologist Jeanne Lawrence at UMass Chan Medical ...
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Ethical Concerns Rise After Scientists Use Gene Editing To Erase Down Syndrome-Causing Chromosome

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least in lab-grown human cells. The project, led by Dr. Ryotaro Hashizume of Mie ...
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CRISPR and XIST silence one chromosome 21 copy in Down syndrome

A modified version of CRISPR-Cas9 has enabled, for the first time, the efficient integration of a large transgene capable of ...

CRISPR takes a bold leap toward silencing Down syndrome's extra chromosome

Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that ...
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Study links extra chromosome sets to tumor spread and cell mobility

Cancer cells that accumulate extra copies of their entire chromosome set can start behaving like immune cells, swallowing ...