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21 Sep 2020

Feluda, first CRISPR COVID-19 test, what is it and how it works

Fast, accurate and accessible testing can transform the way India is dealing with tracking and halting the spread of coronavirus COVID-19. Tata Sons has deployed the investigative skills of Feluda, much like the fictional Bengali sleuth it is named after, to help India solve the mystery of this pandemic. The commercial launch of 'Feluda', the Tata CRISPR COVID-19 test, the CSIR has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India.

19 Sep 2020

Centre allows commercial launch of 'Feluda', first CRISPR COVID-19 test

Tata CRISPR test is world's first diagnostic test to deploy specially adapted Cas9 protein to detect COVID-19 virus. It uses cutting-edge CRISPR technology for virus detection. CRISPR test achieves accuracy levels of traditional RT-PCR tests with quicker turnaround time.

20 Jun 2019

Cause of disease that turns babies' lips blue identified

The disease starves the pulmonary system of oxygen after the lung's blood vessels do not form properly during organ development. The lack of tiny blood vessels called alveolar capillaries causes hypoxia, inflammation and death.

26 Nov 2018

Chinese scientist claims to have created world's 1st genetically-edited babies

Chinese scientist He Jiankui of Shenzhen has claimed that he has created the world's first genetically-edited babies, in a potentially ground-breaking and controversial medical first.

21 Dec 2017

Breakthrough gene editing technology may prevent hearing loss in humans

The findings showed that a single treatment involving injection of the gene tool CRISPR-Cas9 cocktail prevented progressive hearing loss in young animals that would have otherwise gone deaf.

14 Apr 2017

CRISPR-based rapid, inexpensive diagnostic tool created

This technology could one day be used to respond to viral and bacterial outbreaks, monitor antibiotic resistance, and detect cancer, researchers said.\

01 Sep 2016

Researchers identify new culprit type 2 diabetes gene!

Using the gene editing technology called CRISPR and other sophisticated scientific tools, the researchers identified this gene, ACSL5.

Gene-editing tool

28 Aug 2016

Researchers find way to boost gene-editing tool efficiency

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to boost the efficiency of a gene-editing tool, known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9), so that it cuts and disables genes up to fivefold in most types of human cells.

18 Jun 2016

Potential drug target for Zika, similar viruses identified

The findings showed that disabling SPCS1 -- in both human and insect cells -- reduces viral infection and does not negatively affect the cells themselves.

11 Jan 2016

'Crispr' gene editing technique may treat inherited blindness

While rare overall, it is one of the most common inherited diseases of the retina.

01 Jan 2016

Gene-editing technique heals mice with muscular dystrophy

Researchers have succeeded for the first time in reversing a degenerative illness in mice, using a revolutionary gene-editing technique that one day may help cure similar diseases in humans.

18 Dec 2015

CRISPR – Science's Breakthrough of the Year!

CRISPR came on top of Science's annual list of scientific breakthroughs given fresh demonstrations of its muscle this year.

27 Nov 2015

New gene map shows cancer's weak link

Scientists have mapped out the genes that keep our cells alive, thereby revealing which genes are crucial in diseases like cancer.

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