They went back and redesigned their Crispr system, using the updated map to keep their edits away from any essential genes. Then they tried embryos again. This time it worked. But now it was the summer of 2018; Almost three years have passed. The project was long overdue. They had …
Read More »A crispy calf is born. Definitely a boy
They went back and redesigned their Crispr system, using the updated map to keep their edits away from any essential genes. Then they tried embryos again. This time it worked. But now it was the summer of 2018; Almost three years have passed. The project was long overdue. They had …
Read More »Meet Cosmo, a calf designed to produce 75% male offspring
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have successfully produced a calf, named Cosmo, which was genetically edited as an embryo to produce more male offspring. The research was featured in a poster today (July 23) at the meeting of the American Society for Animal Science. Using CRISPR genome editing …
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