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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gene that human ancestors lost millions of years ago could help treat gout ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers used evolutionary genetics and CRISPR gene editing tech to develop an innovative treatment for gout. The approach has yet to be tested in humans. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Zieba ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oXoLm8jKUhNSduJjTx4QY9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Diabetic man produces his own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new proof-of-concept study points a way to curing diabetes without the need for immune-suppressing drugs. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:32:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:53:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lydiacarolinesmith@gmail.com (Lydia Smith) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lydia Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M6yknVsdRvrvVSxV3MieUR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rHMA7fVGsi9QRzQVsA35vG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Experimental treatment for high cholesterol edits DNA in the body to reduce LDL ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An experimental treatment called VERVE-102 lowers the amount of "bad" cholesterol in the blood of people with specific cholesterol-raising conditions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Medicine &amp; Drugs]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/czGGubYqz9fZfT3jMMtqDm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A treatment being tested in clinical trials lowers bad cholestorol by editing a specific gene inside the body.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of cholesterol in the bloodstream]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ US baby receives first-ever customized CRISPR treatment for genetic disease ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A baby known as KJ is the first person in the world to receive a customized CRISPR therapy designed to fix a specific mutation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 21:00:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 May 2025 22:14:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iNqgX69L38XsCkBe5frH9j-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In a world first, a baby in the U.S. received a personalized, CRISPR-based gene therapy that corrects a specific mutation in his DNA.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of DNA]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New CRISPR alternative can 'install' whole genes, paving the way to treatment for many genetic disorders ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 May 2025 19:52:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i4ELqc7fwJVC7DhjaJv6nA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists used directed evolution to give rise to a new gene-editing system for use in human cells.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of DNA]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Colossal's de-extincted 'dire wolf' isn't a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, experts say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:36:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:00:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FtTULMGmdpzbwLNALAjFmN-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have created genetically engineered &quot;dire wolves&quot; that resemble the extinct ice age predators.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A gray wolf genetically engineered to look like a dire wolf holds a stick in its mouth as it walks in the snow.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The biggest health news of 2024, from bird flu to CRISPR ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Health channel editor Nicoletta Lanese looks back on some of our standout health stories from 2024. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:37:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U9Vuh3K746SGpu6vifPerc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Our standout health stories from 2024 covered amoebas, viruses, bacteria, genetics, and more.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A pencil drawing showing brain eating amoebas entering a boy&#039;s nose, and an artistic representation of the boy&#039;s brain breaking down]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New CRISPR system pauses genes, rather than turning them off permanently ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers in Lithuania present the molecular structure of a new, more-versatile CRISPR system for gene editing. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:10:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Zieba ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VT25uCg9mWCAQNc3vMpvuP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have described the molecular structure of a gene-editing system that can temporarily disable genes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of DNA breaking apart into tiny pieces]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CRISPR could soon be used to edit fetal DNA — are we ready? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Medical anthropologist and bioethicist Julia Brown says scientists and nonscientists need to talk about whether and how we should use CRISPR to edit the fetal genome. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 08 May 2025 11:21:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julia Brown ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uYbtWLaR5V8Csw6VvjBk45-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&quot;You can&#039;t really anticipate how technologies might benefit society without any input from people in society.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendering of strands of DNA with a cutout]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Enhancing' future generations with CRISPR is a road to a 'new eugenics,' says ethicist Rosemarie Garland-Thomson ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Eugenics seeks to improve by eliminating the characteristics considered at a particular time and place to be disadvantages and to maximize those considered normal." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:05:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosemarie Garland-Thomson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZMLi5HRoUvvwUMkCUY6oUX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rosemarie Garland-Thomson says that &quot;many advocates of genetic manipulation technologies today refuse to consider the complexities of how and who these technologies may harm.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of a large pair of scissors cutting through a DNA molecule against a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Who are we to say they shouldn't exist?': Dr. Neal Baer on the threat of CRISPR-driven eugenics ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dr. Neal Baer discusses a new book about the incredible promise and potential pitfalls of CRISPR gene-editing technology. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gSwixoFpjGgaBHCASxnRXW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[CRISPR is a revolutionary tool with the potential to change humanity in both great and terrible ways. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing silhouettes of hands using scissors and tweezers on strands of DNA]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CRISPR could be used to treat UTIs, early trial hints ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists are testing a "genetically enhanced bacteriophage cocktail" as a treatment for urinary tract infections. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/95QcufMJz6HQ6rCBY7wEXZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;E. coli&lt;/em&gt; (pictured) is a very common cause of UTIs. A new virus- and CRISPR-based therapy could help treat such infections.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A 3d rendering of rod-shaped bacteria with tiny tails]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CRISPR can treat common form of inherited blindness, early data hint ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a small trial, some people with inherited vision loss experienced improvements in their sight after being treated with CRISPR. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ snehakhedkar30@gmail.com (Sneha Khedkar) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sneha Khedkar ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tc6A7AUp95rpdUktoCyvpj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Surgeons at the OHSU Casey Eye Institute are shown here performing an in-body CRISPR gene editing procedure as part of a recent clinical trial.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo shows two male doctors in surgery garb as one preps a long needle for a procedure. A patient is under a blue sheet on an operating table but can&#039;t be seen.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st person to receive a pig kidney transplant has died ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rick Slayman was the first person in the world to receive this pioneering surgery in March 2024. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FsVNzSpJcmCsERxwtdG5FM-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Years before getting a pig kidney, Slayman, pictured above, had already received a human kidney transplant that started to fail and had been on dialysis for years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up picture of Rick Slayman. He is sat on a hospital bed and wearing what looks like a black sweatshirt. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CRISPR 'will provide cures for genetic diseases that were incurable before,' says renowned biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys, whose work helped establish CRISPR as a gene-editing system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:00:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2AA5ifA89wDFjXDQXg5whX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Virginijus Šikšnys and his collaborators published a landmark CRISPR paper in 2012. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Virginijus Šikšnys (an older man with short brown hair and round glasses wearing a suit jacket) gestures toward a 3D model of DNA on a table]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st gene therapies for sickle cell cleared by FDA, including CRISPR treatment ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The FDA approved two new therapies for sickle-cell disease, including the world's first-ever approved CRISPR therapy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 20:39:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YegvfGUhGPsnH9Ap3wz2JB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sickle-cell disease causes red blood cells to become C-shaped.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration of healthy, round red blood cells and sickle shape blood cells flowing through a blood vessel]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Could CRISPR cure HIV someday? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An early-stage clinical trial raises hope for a new, single-dose HIV therapy that uses CRISPR, the famous gene-editing system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:34:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Zieba ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YzQWTW2zfXxYvJLENZqQnN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 188 new types of CRISPR revealed by algorithm ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers used an algorithm to scour databases of bacterial genomes for never-before-seen CRISPR systems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:55:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3h2PgfG5GU53oAaqn7YJHg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists discovered dozens of new CRISPR systems in microorganisms.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[3d illustration of a Cas enzyme, part of the CRISPR system, cutting through a length of DNA]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The world's 1st CRISPR therapy has been approved. Here's everything you need to know ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Drug regulators have approved a CRISPR therapy called Casgevy to treat inherited blood disorders. But what is it and how does it work? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WCW3d3yc85PKJ6HYtmeLzB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sickle-cell disease causes red blood cells to become C-shaped and sticky, so they clog up blood vessels.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[3d illustration of sickle-shape blood cells flowing through a blood vessel]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CRISPR therapy for high cholesterol shows promise in early trial ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using a CRISPR-guided technique called "base editing," scientists edited the genes of liver cells in 10 people's bodies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:43:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VF5dpEcGty58M4WR7ueaH9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Low-density lipoprotein (orange sphere), which carries cholesterol in the blood, binds to a protein on cells (red and blue). People with an inherited disease called familial hypercholesterolemia don&#039;t have enough of these proteins, so LDL accumulates in the blood.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration shows a large orb (LDL) bound to a protein on the surface of a cell]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dangerous 'superbugs' are a growing threat, and antibiotics can't stop their rise. What can? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Traditional antibiotics drive bacteria toward drug resistance, so scientists are looking to viruses, CRISPR, designer molecules and protein swords for better treatments. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b4Vc2JDaVhBwm6uznfLc6f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bacteria&#039;s rising resistance to antibiotics is making the drugs obsolete. Scientists are fighting back with viruses (pictured), CRISPR, designer molecules and cell-slicing enzymes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[close up of a e. coli bacterial cell with wiggly projections. A large number of viruses can be seen landing on the part of the bacterium furthest from the viewer]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a new study, stopping skeletal-muscle cancer cells from making a specific protein forced them to turn into healthy muscle cells. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9JsxMS5zzu7GdgCSFV2P5Z-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The transformed tumor cells lost all of their cancer-like traits and instead resembled normal muscle cells, donning a spindle-like shape, as seen here.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[spindle-shape muscle cells shown depicted in bright green and blue against a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nearly 170 genes determine hair, skin and eye color, CRISPR study reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Black hair? Green eyes? More than 160 genes determine your coloration, and their interactions are incredibly complicated. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u8ZzChA6LEXFHvKRWXjLvB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Humans&#039; wide variety of skin, hair and eye colors are determined by different types of melanin in the body.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Portrait of three young woman with different skin tones smiling while taking a selfie together in a train.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meet 'Fanzor,' the 1st CRISPR-like system found in complex life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists discovered Fanzor proteins, which work like CRISPR but are smaller and more easily delivered into cells, and used them to edit human DNA. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ amandaeheidt@gmail.com (Amanda Heidt) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amanda Heidt ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cjvv8nd6KJhk27iqvZXADm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered a CRISPR-like system in complex cells for the first time.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[conceptual image shows a protein complex cutting open a DNA molecule]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st gene-edited snakes use mysterious 'Turing patterns' to achieve near-perfect hexagonal scales ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists used CRISPR editing to make the world's 1st genetically modified snakes, giving new insight into how the reptiles develop their patterned scales ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qZeos7BEMsfWUr54bpyuAc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Introducing the world’s first genetically modified snake. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A corn snake]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists discover possible antidote for death caps, the world's deadliest mushroom ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A potential antidote for death cap mushrooms has been discovered and tested in lab dish studies and in mice. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 20:14:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z6GNZZAvPybKB8fmJ5Fmid-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Death cap mushrooms are responsible for 90% of all poisonous mushroom fatalities in humans.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A trio of mushrooms sprouting from the forest floor. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gene therapy: What is it and how does it work? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/gene-therapy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-dna-tweaking-treatments</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gene therapies treat or prevent disease by tweaking the content or expression of cells' DNA. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dr. David Warmflash ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/97QX5fRoqwVAQD5cZ6nPoa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[What exactly is gene therapy and how does it work?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Concept of gene editing. Here we see a gloved hand with tweezers pinching out a part of a DNA double helix.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A teen's cancer is in remission after she received new cells edited with CRISPR ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/base-editing-cancer-treatment-in-teen</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A young girl entered remission after receiving an experimental cancer treatment. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:57:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V3Xpn9WuqzZVWSCMPRLEQJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A teen named Alyssa is in remission after receiving an experimental cancer treatment.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of a young smiling girl wearing black-framed glasses and holding a blue teddy bear while sitting up in a hospital bed ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The CIA wants to bring woolly mammoths back from extinction ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The CIA is the latest investor in Colossal Biosciences, a company that wants to bring woolly mammoths and Tasmanian tigers back from extinction using DNA editing. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:23:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:51:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7cHutEcYEmTusmApXEEXgJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Woolly mammoths have been extinct for thousands of years, but now the CIA is investing in a biotech firm that wants to bring them back.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of two woolly mammoths fighting during an ice age.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Could extinct Tasmanian tigers be brought back from the dead? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct for nearly 100 years. But scientists say gene-editing technology could bring back this lost species. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/36KHAkDYyANXGFBMgvvUhS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Tasmanian tigers are extinct — but that could change within 10 years, scientists say.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tasmanian tigers are extinct — but that could change within 10 years, scientists say.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Newfound viruses named for Norse gods could have fueled the rise of complex life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ These viruses were found in hot springs and the deep sea. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:51:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rtYVRdGaYsqsVVbQQjdJJV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Brett Baker]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers used a deep-ocean submersible to collect sediment samples and microbes from a basin in the Gulf of California.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a submersible vehicle shown in the middle of the gulf of california]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How does CRISPR work? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/58790-crispr-explained.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ CRISPR is a versatile tool for editing genomes and has recently been approved as a gene therapy treatment for certain blood disorders. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:50:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:30:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kamal Nahas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/55t3oEXoFbTmFeHN5jWYt8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[You&#039;ve probably heard of CRISPR, a fairly new tool for gene editing. But how does the technology work?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A conceptual 3D illustration showing a strand of DNA being cut with large scissors]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CRISPR stops coronavirus replication in human cells ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/crispr-block-coronavirus-replication-treatment.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The method has not yet been tested on animals or people. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:54:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dzsB5uuQkh4UzzDR25FAXj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Gene drives replace a natural gene with a new gene, which then gets passed on from generation to generation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of gene editing.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists grew human tear ducts in a lab and taught them to cry ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Disembodied human tear glands, grown in petri dishes in a laboratory in the Netherlands, have learned to cry — and the scientists who created them have already grafted them into the eyes of living mice. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:01:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:58:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vXSEkFqt67EGMJQooWnavV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Marie Bannier-Hélaouët, Hubrecht Institute]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image shows a tear gland grown from stem cells from a mouse in a petri dish. The researchers also grew human tear glands.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image shows a tear gland grown from stem cells from a mouse in a petri dish. The researchers also grew human tear glands.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2 women earn Chemistry Nobel Prize for gene-editing tool CRISPR ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/2020-nobel-prize-chemistry-crispr.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The gene-editing tool can precisely snip DNA from the genome. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:58:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EzKHRH4bZJ5YDy45ein3U5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[illustration of crispr-cas9 snipping a bit of DNA from a strand]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration of crispr-cas9 snipping a bit of DNA from a strand]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is a gene drive?  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gene drives are a way to get around the laws of heredity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:39:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:58:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Donavyn Coffey ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dzsB5uuQkh4UzzDR25FAXj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Gene drives replace a natural gene with a new gene, which then gets passed on from generation to generation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of gene editing.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Creator of 1st CRISPR Babies Gets Prison Sentence, Reignites Ethical Debate ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who created the world's first genome-edited twins, has been sentenced to three years in prison. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:38:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Françoise Baylis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S58m5RJ7ivv8biHwr97RMX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Chinese geneticist He Jiankui speaks during the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong on Nov. 28, 2018.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Chinese geneticist He Jiankui speaks during the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong on Nov. 28, 2018.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 10 Biggest Science Stories of the Decade ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As the decade closes, we look at the science stories that made the biggest splash over the past 10 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2019 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3qtzB2TWDEdV3rdSLKHZmV-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Simulation showing the production of the Higgs boson in the collision of two protons at the Large Hadron Collider. The Higgs boson quickly decays into four muons, which are a type of heavy electron that is not absorbed by the detector. The tracks of the muons are shown in yellow.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Higgs boson simulation]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Doctors Are Trying to Use CRISPR to Fight Cancer. The 1st Trial Suggests It's Safe. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Preliminary data from an innovative clinical trial suggests CRISPR could be safe for use in cancer therapy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:56:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LjgvSQtcbPRHtUeNcWs6CX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[illustration of gloved hand using tweezers to edit DNA]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration of gloved hand using tweezers to edit DNA]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Widely Publicized Study on CRISPR Babies' Gene Mutation Now Retracted for Errors ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/crispr-babies-early-death-retraction.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A widely publicized study that suggested that the first gene-edited "CRISPR" babies could have shorter lifespans has been retracted due to crucial errors in the analysis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:02:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:14 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Viruses, Infections &amp; Disease]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ivetnw9cLD6t44EmrTUbc4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of gene editing in an embryo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of gene editing in an embryo.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese Scientists Tried to Treat HIV Using CRISPR ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists in China have attempted to use CRISPR gene-editing technology to treat a patient with HIV. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 21:46:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:33:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dzsB5uuQkh4UzzDR25FAXj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Gene drives replace a natural gene with a new gene, which then gets passed on from generation to generation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of gene editing.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CRISPR Gene Editing Will Be Used Inside Humans For the First Time in Treatment for Blindness ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/66040-crispr-human-study-blindness.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first study to test the gene-editing technology CRISPR inside the human body is about to get underway in the United States, according to news reports. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:23:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hceFMg9XrkrZrkrnstrEUX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ We Are Very Close to Completely Eliminating Male Embryos (in Mice) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65912-male-baby-mice-eliminated-in-utero.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The catch is that it requires genetically altering the parents, too. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:49:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Grant Currin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hHjmcHnownFRbQKah5q9yg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Male chicks are sorted from female chicks soon after birth. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[male chicks and female chicks in industrial agriculture line]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Scientist Edited Babies' Genes In Utero. It Could Make Them More Likely to Die Early. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65620-crispr-babies-gene-mutation-early-death.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The genetic mutation that was attempted in the CRISPR babies is tied to an increased risk of early death. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:50:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ivetnw9cLD6t44EmrTUbc4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of gene editing in an embryo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of gene editing in an embryo.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Is Genetic Modification? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64662-genetic-modification.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Genetic modification purposefully alters the genetic makeup of organisms through controlled breeding or via genetic engineering technologies such as CRISPR. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:41:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachel Ross ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mLCU3eJANkKRvBPb8eTKuE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The first genetically engineered food on the market was the Flavr Savr tomato. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[GMO tomato]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese Scientist Who Created Gene-Edited Babies Lied and Skirted Regulations, Officials Say ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64561-gene-edited-babies-scientist-defied-bans.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Research to create genetically modified babies was conducted dishonestly, authorities in China said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:43:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/codQBxnfTVBySZLt8CCzw3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientist He Jiankui speaks at his company Direct Genomics in Shenzhen, China, on July 18, 2017.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese Scientist Who Claimed to Edit Babies' Genes May Be Under House Arrest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64412-crispr-babies-scientist-sighted.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This is the first reported sighting of Chinese researcher Jiankui He since his appearance at a conference in November. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:44:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RKqfsGtmEixUhpwWoJfYQY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In this photo captured Oct. 10, 2018, scientist He Jiankui works at a lab in Shenzhen in southern China&#039;s Guangdong province. China&#039;s government ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world&#039;s first gene-edited babies.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[In this photo captured Oct. 10, 2018, scientist He Jiankui works at a lab in Shenzhen in southern China&#039;s Guandong province. China&#039;s government ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world&#039;s first gene-edited babies.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A French Teenager Turned the Bible and Quran into DNA and Injected Them into His Body ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The injection probably won’t bring enlightenment, but it's also unlikely to kill him. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:30:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:32:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hceFMg9XrkrZrkrnstrEUX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This Gene Can Make Viruses Invisible to the Immune System — Up to a Point ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ One gene, which protects the body from autoimmune disorders also helps secretly usher in some viruses by changing their look. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:52:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/frmc6hitCwqgcqfuaKgW6d-1280-80.jpg">
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