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CRISPR-IL Consortium Hopes AI Can Improve Accuracy, Efficiency of Gene Editing
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The Israeli government-funded group of biotech, pharma, computational biology, and agriculture interests has developed software for predicting CRISPR guide RNA.

Twin Prime Editing Promises More Precise DNA Changes Without Double-Strand Breaks

Developed by Broad Institute researchers, the method uses a prime editor protein and two prime editing guide RNAs to replace or excise endogenous DNA sequences.

UCSD Developing SARS-CoV-2 At-Home, Molecular Test Leveraging CRISPR, Isothermal Amplification
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UCSD said it has inked a joint development agreement with an undisclosed diagnostic test developer with the aim of commercializing its approach.

Epigenetic Editing Firm Chroma Medicine Launches With $125M in Seed, Series A Financing

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup plans to further develop its epigenetic editing platform and advance its pipeline of targeted therapeutics.

Israeli Government Extends CRISPR-IL Consortium With $14.5M in New Funding

The second 18-month phase of the program to develop AI technologies for gene editing seeks to validate and refine software developed since last year.

Nov 5, 2021

Genome Diagnostics Makes €1M Investment in CRISPR Diagnostics Startup Scope Biosciences

Oct 25, 2021

Single-Cell Genomics Study Elucidates Viral, Host Factors of Human Cytomegalovirus

Oct 12, 2021

Inscripta Licenses MAD7 CRISPR Nuclease to Hunterian Medicine

Oct 6, 2021

Synthego Preemptively Sues Agilent Technologies to Ward Off CRISPR Patent Infringement Allegations

Oct 6, 2021

MilliporeSigma Licenses CRISPR-Cas9 Technology to Cellecta

Oct 6, 2021

Colossal Begins Ambitious De-Extinction Plan With Elephant Sequencing Project, Despite Critics
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Oct 1, 2021

CRISPR Bioinformatics Startup Latch Bio Emerges From Stealth With $5M in Seed Funding

Sep 30, 2021

RNA-Guided Systems May Be Present in Eukaryotes, Hold Promise as Biotech Tools
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Sep 14, 2021

Jumpcode Genomics, TGen Partner to Test Metagenomic Approaches for COVID Detection

Sep 13, 2021

CRISPR Startup Raises $15M in Seed Round, Aims to Bring Back Woolly Mammoth

Sep 9, 2021

New Class of Transposon-Encoded RNA-Guided Nucleases May Add to Genome Editing Toolbox

Sep 9, 2021

Mammoth Biosciences Raises $195M in Two Financing Rounds, Achieves Unicorn Status
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Aug 10, 2021

CRISPR-Based Platform Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Using Saliva Samples
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Aug 3, 2021

CRISPR Researchers Engineer Guide RNAs to Enhance Cas13 Gene Knockdown

Aug 3, 2021

Gene Editing Analysis Firm SeQure Dx Closes $17.5M Series A Funding Round

Jul 27, 2021

ERS Genomics Licenses CRISPR IP to Japan SLC

Jul 21, 2021

Amfora Raises $7M in Series B Financing to Support Crop Gene Editing

Jul 13, 2021

Gene Editing Company Prime Medicine Launches With $315M in Financing

Jul 2, 2021

Caribou Biosciences Files for $100M IPO

Jul 1, 2021

ERS Genomics Licenses CRISPR IP to Nippon Gene

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The Scan

And a Fourth?

A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in an Israeli study increased antibody levels but did not prevent Omicron variant infections, according to the Financial Times.

For Better Science Software

A virtual institute funded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's philanthropy aims to lure software engineers to academia, Science reports.

Recommendation Explanations

The New York Times writes that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is straining to both make and explain decisions based on limited information.

Genome Research Papers on De Novo Mutation Rates, Polyploid Genotyping, Oncogene Epigenomic Translocation

In Genome Research this week: de novo mutations rates in hemoglobin subunits, analysis of variant calling methods for polyploid plants, and more.