Scientists in China have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to try treating a man with leukaemia and HIV. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The man needed a transplant of stem cells to replace the damaged ones that were causing his blood cancer. The procedure also allowed the researchers to re-engineer […]
India will be launching its first human genome mapping project by October. This move will help the researchers get closer to developing effective therapies for treating diseases like cancer. The first phase of the project initiative called the Genome India project would catalogue the genomic data of 10,000 Indians. Dr Renu Swarup, secretary, Department of […]