Precision correction of pathogenic mutations using prime editing technology
Author: Dr Christos Georgiadis, 18th December 2019 A broad range of genome editing tools are currently available enabling targeted scission…
Programmed to kill: Synthetic virology to attack cancer
Author: Alexander Baker, 26th November 2019 Carefully modified viruses are becoming major new drugs in the battle against cancer. The…
Gene-loaded sutures to promote tendon healing
Author: Robyn Bell, 14th October 2019 Injuries to tendons, the tissue that links muscle to bone, are commonly seen in…
3D Printing of Personalized Cardiac Patches and Hearts
Author: Professor Sian Harding, 30th September 2019 Tissue engineering for cardiac repair has reached an advanced stage and engineered constructs…
The origin of your noggin
Author: Dr Liam Hurst, 16th July 2019 ‘Where do you get your brains from?!’ Perhaps your parents have said this…
Human Germline Editing – What’s the big deal?
Author: Dr. Jonathan Appleby, PhD; Chief Scientific Officer, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, 14th May 2019. In November 2018, He…
One image at a time: using cryoEM to unpick how viruses infect cells
Author: Dr Alan Parker, 25th April 2019 Over the last few years a wave of virus-based therapies has progressed through…
A final chance to breathe: Could gene therapy cure cystic fibrosis lung disease?
Author: Alexandra McCarron, PhD student; Cystic Fibrosis Airway Research Group, University of Adelaide, 14th March 2019. Imagine a newborn baby…
Cracking the enthesis code
Author: Subashan Vadibeler, Undergraduate Student; University of Malaya, 22nd February 2019 The very thought of an injury is enough to…
Overcoming the disconnection
Author: Beth MacLeod, Undergraduate Student; University of Dundee, 1st February 2019 We all have a universe inside our head. A…
Author: Lucy Lewis, PhD Student; Cardiff University, 21st January 2019 One in 37 people in the UK are diagnosed with…
Rare is not so rare
Author: Helena Meyer-Berg; DPhil Student; University of Oxford I want to find a treatment for a disease. The disease is…