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Erasing or replacing errors in a patient's genetic code can treat and cure some genetic diseases

Genetic diseases can have devastating consequences for the people who inherit them. In recent years, scientists have found that there are human genetic diseases that might be treatable, and perhaps even curable, through gene editing. Gene editing is the process by which sections of a person’s DNA are altered. Commonly…

The Conversation

Can gene editing kill deadly diseases?

Powerful new tools could turbocharge gene replacement therapies, but questions over ethics, safety and costs remain.

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Woolly mammoths ‘evolved smaller ears and fluffier coats over 700,000 years’

Researchers compared the genomes of the giant creatures with modern day elephants to find out what made woolly mammoths unique.

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Backlog in NHS genome service leaves families facing long wait for results

Exclusive: Experts say delays of more than a year risk children not getting relevant treatments or support

The Guardian - UK

We used DNA from Beethoven's hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret

Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples.

The Conversation

Scientists sequence Beethoven's genome for clues into his painful past

Scientists have sequenced the genome of Ludwig van Beethoven from two-century-old locks of hair, and found clues about the ailments that plagued him in life.

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A Lock of Hair Reveals Beethoven’s Genome for the First Time

Using locks of the composer's hair and genomic analysis, an international team of researchers has new insight into Beethoven's health and ancestry.

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Scientists sequence Beethoven’s genome using locks of his hair

The German composer and pianist began to suffer progressive hearing loss in his 20s.

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This Cutting-Edge Technology Has the Potential to Cure Genetic Diseases — but Its Ethics Are Still Shaky

The major topic at the human genome editing summit was how to enforce research policies and ethical principles for using the technology.

Inverse

Somatic genome editing therapies are becoming a reality – but debate over ethics, equitable access and governance continue

Hundreds of experts from around the world gathered at the Francis Crick Institute in London this week for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing.

The Conversation

Cancer diagnostics company GenoME Diagnostics bags £1.4M funding

A Belfast diagnostics company has bagged £1.4 million in funding to develop its test for earlier and more accurate detection of ovarian cancer. GenoME Diagnostics said it will use the investment to develop its lead product OvaMe, allowing the team t

Birmingham Post

Ethical concerns temper optimism about gene-editing for human diseases

The Third International Summit on Genome Editing concluded Monday with ethicists warning scientists to slow down efforts to use gene-editing to enhance the health of embryos.

WEKU

Human genome editing offers tantalizing possibilities – but without clear guidelines, many ethical questions still remain

The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, a three-day conference organized by the Royal Society, the U.K. Academy of Medical Sciences, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine and The World Academy of Sciences, was held this week in March 2023 at the Francis Crick Institute in London.…

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Experts weigh medical advances in gene-editing with ethical dilemmas

The last time this summit convened in 2018, the world was shocked to hear a scientist had created the first gene-edited babies. He was condemned, but gene-editing has continued, with some success.

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the coming revolution in the prevention of disease and how Britain can’t afford to ignore it

A national debate on the controversial issue is essential, but the research could immeasurably improve the lives of millions of people and their descendants

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UK government urged to consider changing law to allow gene editing of embryos

Citizens’ panel of people with experience of genetic conditions says discussion urgently needed for research

The Independent UK

Scientists ‘identify genetic variants linked to human fertility’

Researchers have detected 43 regions of the genome containing variants associated with reproductive success.

The Times of India

Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani to foray into genome testing with Rs 12,000 kit

MUMBAI: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s group is getting into genetic mapping, looking to make a health care trend led by disruptive US startups like 23andMe more affordable and widespread in India’s growing consumer market.

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It takes an average of 8 years for a rare disease patient to get diagnosed. Why is it so hard to get life-altering genetic testing in the U.S.?

An increasingly inexpensive genetic test stands in the way of a diagnosis for many rare disease patients, who are as common as one in 10 worldwide.

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This could stop pandemics in their tracks

Cheap, portable sequencers in poor countries could be key to identifying and halting emerging diseases before they have a chance to become a pandemic.

360info

Genetic discrimination and the ghost of the future past

Unless people are brought into conversations about genetic discrimination dystopian scenarios may come to pass.

360info

DNA data offers benefits many of us will never realise

Collecting DNA data is not much help without the key to understanding what it all means. And that key is centralised health records.

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The race to improve DNA sequencing

Cost, availability and sample preservation are the main concerns but progress is rapid.

The Guardian - UK

How far should we go with gene editing in pursuit of the ‘perfect’ human?

As the world’s top human genome editing researchers gather in London, the ethical issues posed by pioneering scientific advances will be high on their agenda

Evening Standard

Gene editing company aims to bring dodo ‘back to life’

Scientists at US-based firm Colossal Biosciences believe they may successfully rebuild the dodo genome in the body of a living relative

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