How to Use gene editing in a Sentence

gene editing

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  • The gene editing system will recognize the normal DNA and make a cut in it.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Like any technology, the applications of gene editing tech will be shaped by the values of the societies that wield it.
    — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 6 June 2018
  • Like gene editing, the pursuit of computer-learning systems appears inevitable.
    — Bret Stetka, Scientific American, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Researchers are exploring ways to use gene editing to treat a range of diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and sickle cell disease.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 29 June 2018
  • More patients have had their genes edited since, according to doctors involved in those tests, though none of China’s Crispr trials have published results.
    — Wenxin Fan, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
  • Taylor Wilson: So, Karen, how does this compare with previous gene editing approaches?
    — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
  • But the same mutation was already known to make humans more susceptible to other diseases, raising the question of whether the gene editing put its recipients at risk.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2019
  • So far, the gene editing did not seem to affect the health of the chickens.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023
  • So, in the new study, researchers turned to gene editing.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But gene editing may not be a fix-all for farmed catfish.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The team used gene editing to dial down the use of around 300 low-scoring genes found in both humans and fruit flies.
    — WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That’s the question a horde of gene editing researchers are chasing.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 27 July 2023
  • His announcement in 2018 sparked a global debate over the ethics of gene editing.
    — STAT, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Others agree that these computer vision tools are the missing piece to track the effects of gene editing in the lab.
    — Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024
  • What prompted you to mention gene editing and AI in your first public remarks in this role?
    — Khari Johnson, Wired, 29 June 2021
  • A lot of the discussion about the possibilities of gene editing are still to do with things that are way off in the future.
    — David Marchese, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • All this depends on success and safety of the gene editing and on its effects lasting.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The project also involves gene editing — in this case, from the closest living relative of the tigers, the numbat.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
  • There is also concern that gene editing for health reasons will be out of reach for many because of its cost.
    — Katie Hafner, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
  • That’s because a lot has changed since the first gene editing pioneers filed the original Crispr-Cas9 patents.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Mar. 2021
  • That little enzyme powered all the promise of Crispr gene editing, and the stakes for owning it couldn’t have been higher.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Of course, even if gene editing works, applying it to young people with heart risk is well into the future.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • But nobody's going to argue that the gene editing wasn't destined for a Nobel Prize.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 Oct. 2020
  • For starters, the gene editing wasn't 100-percent efficient.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Sulis and his colleagues have made the first successful attempt to use gene editing to streamline the process of wood fiber production.
    — Popular Science, 13 July 2023
  • Besides gene editing, there are other ways to reduce the Fel d 1 protein in felines.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The imprisoned viruses could then be excised from cells with gene editing.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In response, Berg halted his own research and helped draft a moratorium on gene editing in the 1970s.
    — John Johnson Jr., Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Vor has figured out a way to delete that protein from healthy cells through gene editing so that only cancerous cells are killed.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2021
  • These governments clearly understand that addressing the challenges climate change poses for agriculture requires all the tools the world has, including gene editing.
    — Emma Kovak, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2021

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