{"id":19772,"date":"2019-08-15T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=19772"},"modified":"2019-08-15T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T15:00:16","slug":"eth-zurich-multiple-genes-crispr-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/eth-zurich-multiple-genes-crispr-method\/","title":{"rendered":"ETH Zurich scientists can now edit multiple genes thanks to improved CRISPR method"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A groundbreaking discovery by scientists at Swiss university <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>ETH Zurich<\/b><\/a><b> has made the editing of multiple genes a thing of the present.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a recent announcement, scientists at the universities have been working on improving the CRISPR method for gene modification, and have successfully managed to edit multiple genes at once.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>In a recent <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/en\/news-and-events\/eth-news\/news\/2019\/08\/revolutionising-the-crispr-method.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>publication<\/b><\/a><b>, the team of scientists revealed that their new approach allows them to edit up to twenty-five genes at one time.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is a significant improvement from the previous capabilities of the CRISPR method, which were limited to only analyzing and modifying a single gene at a time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ETH Zurich scientists pave the way for innovative treatments<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific discoveries are making advances in medicine more probable by the minute. Recent developments include the MRI functionality which can detect the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/magnetic-resonance-depicts-brain-wiring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brain wiring<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of different individuals, and potentially shed light on problems with the nervous system.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>The discovery made by ETH Zurich scientists will open new opportunities for scientists to develop new medications and approaches.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> While some diseases are only caused by a single gene, which can be isolated and treated, many other diagnoses are based on the analysis of multiple genes.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>The CRISPR method for gene analysis is one of the most reliable ways to isolate genes and modify them.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This latest discovery further boosts the credibility of the process, as now scientist will be able to perform a more detailed analysis of gene combinations and groups.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>ETH Zurich scientists have made a big step towards revolutionizing gene analysis, and the way it can help people in the future. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking discovery by scientists at Swiss university ETH Zurich has made the editing of multiple genes a thing of the present.\u00a0 According to a recent announcement, scientists at the universities have been working on improving the CRISPR method for gene modification, and have successfully managed to edit multiple genes at once.\u00a0 In a recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[365,527,611],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}