NC company helps bring CRISPR to high schools
High school students across the country can now easily and affordably perform cutting-edge gene editing thanks to the new CRISPR in a Box educational kit.
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Advance in gene editing broadens reach of CRISPR technologies, Duke reports
A team of engineers at Duke University have developed a method to broaden the reach of CRISPR technologies. While the original CRISPR system could only target 12.5% of the human genome, the new method expands access to nearly every gene to potentially target and treat a broader range of diseases through genome engineering.
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Gene editing system from NC State researchers could suppress pesky fruit pests
Researchers have developed a “homing gene drive system” based on CRISPR/Cas9 that could be used to suppress populations of Drosophila suzukii vinegar flies – so-called “spotted-wing Drosophila” that devastate soft-skinned fruit in North America, Europe and parts of South America – according to new research from North Carolina State University.
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Fresh from gene-edited food launch, Durham startup unveils CRISPR tech platform
Gene editing startup Pairwise is quickly making a name for itself among the cutting edge of companies seeking to deploy technology know as CRISPR across the world’s food chain. The latest development came Tuesday when the company unveiled details about its editing platform called Fulcrum.
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CRISPR salads – greens made tastier by gene editing – head to market from Durham startup
A Durham startup pioneering the use of gene editing technology known as CRISPR is shipping its first products to market in what also is a first for the emerging CRISPR industry.
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Gene-editing firm working on low allergy peanuts moves to RTP from Elizabeth City
INNOVATION THURSDAY: Agricultural startup IngateyGen, LLC , a portfolio company of AgTechInventures, LLC, recently moved from Elizabeth City to Research Triangle Park and is already reaping benefits from the area’s rich resources. The company is working to use gene-editing technology to produce low allergy peanut varieties.
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RTP genetics firm AskBio to pursue more gene therapies in new partnership
Gene therapy company AskBio of Research Triangle Park has signed a multi-year research collaboration and option agreement with ReCode Therapeutics to develop gene-editing technology for driving new precision therapies.
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Gene editing pioneer at NC State is selected for National Inventors Hall of Fame
Rodolphe Barrangou, a professor at North Carolina State University, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in recognition of his inventions, creativity, and spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Gene editing breakthrough: CRISPR system ‘hitchhikers’ can rewrite, not just edit, code
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers characterize a range of molecular tools to rewrite – not just edit – large chunks of an organism’s DNA, based on CRISPR-Cas systems associated with selfish genetic “hitchhikers” called transposons.
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