Hacker News with Generative AI: Gene Editing

The US has approved CRISPR pigs for food (technologyreview.com)
Pigs whose DNA makes them resistant to a virus could be the first big consumer product using gene editing.
Gene Editing, Food Technology, Agriculture, Biotechnology
142 points by DocFeind 6 days ago | 160 comments
Novel link between cell nutrition and identity could improve immunotherapies (genengnews.com)
The immune system relies on specialized “effector” T cells to fight off pathogens. However, in chronic infections such as cancer or HIV, the perpetual activation of these cells can turn them into “exhausted” T cells unable to continue fighting.
Immunology, Cancer, Medicine, T cells, Gene Editing
31 points by gnabgib 148 days ago | 2 comments
New CRISPR system for gene silencing doesn't rely on cutting DNA (phys.org)
Scientists from Vilnius University's (VU) Life Sciences Center (LSC) have discovered a unique way for cells to silence specific genes without cutting DNA.
Biotechnology, Genetics, CRISPR, Gene Editing, Science
4 points by cjnicholls 178 days ago | 0 comments
Jennifer Doudna on the Brave New World Being Ushered in by Gene Editing (newyorker.com)
In 2012, the biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier developed a method for using RNA-guided proteins to edit specific sections of DNA.
Gene Editing, Biology, Science, CRISPR, Bioethics
6 points by mitchbob 202 days ago | 1 comments
Scientists Say New Gene Editing Tool Is Like a 'Word Processor' for DNA (singularityhub.com)
Gene Editing, Biotechnology, Science, Genetics
3 points by Brajeshwar 300 days ago | 1 comments
Gene-silencing tool shows promise as a future therapy against prion diseases (news.mit.edu)
Gene Editing, Medical Research, Neuroscience, Prion Diseases
222 points by gmays 302 days ago | 68 comments
CRISPR-GPT: An LLM Agent for Automated Design of Gene-Editing Experiments (biorxiv.org)
CRISPR, Gene Editing, Artificial Intelligence
11 points by geox 368 days ago | 1 comments