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Genetic engineering - animals

Transplantation of an engineered kidney in a patient. Science site credit via DALEE. The image should not be seen as a scientific image.

A person received a pig kidney - with 69 genetic changes

The changes are intended to prevent the body from becoming infected with dormant viruses that may be present in the kidney, and in any case the kidney is designed to fit the specific patient
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Chinese researchers are proposing to create tardigrade super-soldiers

Chinese researchers propose combining genes from tardigrades (water bears) to improve the ability of human cells to deal with radioactive radiation
Blood-sucking mosquitoes, one of the most dangerous disease carriers. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Genetically modified mosquitoes - now proven to be a success

Researchers spread transgenic mosquito eggs containing a genetic defect that they transfer to the mosquito population in areas plagued by mosquito-borne diseases, thereby reducing the mosquito population to a considerable extent
The Anopheles mosquito, the carrier of malaria. Image: depositphotos.com

The goal: stopping the reproduction of malaria mosquitoes. The middle: genetic editing of the Y chromosome

The middle: genetic editing of the Y chromosome
A farm in Scotland. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Britain eases the restrictions on creating gardens in crops and commodities

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The British government plans to ease restrictions on gene editing in order to speed up research and allow genetically modified crops and stocks to reach the market * In any case, these are changes that could have been made in other ways, but at a much greater speed
A superhero Pegasus fights a Chimera, according to Greek mythology. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Things that Yoram knows: Is it possible to create a hybrid of a human and a monkey?

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Elior asks: Is it possible to take a woman's egg and fertilize it with another animal's sperm? (For example, a monkey or a tiger..)  
honey. Photo: depositphotos.com

Bio-U Honey has applied for a patent for methods for the production of cultured honey

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The goal: the creation of an artificial honey stomach that traces the activity of the bee's stomach * CEO Ofir Devash: "BU Honey is working on the development of a breakthrough technology that will change the face of the global honey market and enable sustainable food products
Yeast in a milk drink - kefir. Photo: depositphotos.com

Cow's milk - the next generation will be produced from yeast

mildew. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The surprising genetic evolution of ancient plants

Cultured chicken meat. Cilosrur SuperMeat

The first laboratory meat restaurant opened in Israel

A pair to die for. Photo: illustration: depositphotos.com

A cocktail of nano-antibodies produced from the animal will succeed in stopping the corona virus efficiently and at low cost

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Compared to standard antibody treatments currently in advanced clinical stages, which are very expensive and can easily cost over $100,000 per patient, engineered nanoantibodies can be produced cheaply, on a large scale - well suited to the current crisis." the preclinical
On the right, Jennifer Daudena and Emmanuel Charpentier. Illustration: © Nobel Media. Ill. Niklas Elmehed.

"It was difficult for Emmanuel Charpentier to publish because no one was interested in infectious diseases as long as there was no epidemic"

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This is what Prof. Harmona Sorek from the Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University says in an interview with the Scientist website, who is happy about the decision to award Emmanuel Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna the Wolf Prize last year. Now Charpentier is establishing the Max Planck Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin with high budgets, and is also contributing to corona research
Prof. Emmanuel Charpentier. Courtesy of the Wolf Prize Foundation

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the scientists who developed the CRISPR "genetic numbers" immediately after the Wolf award

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Elimination of mosquito pests through genetic engineering. Infographics

Mosquito genetics

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Prof. Emmanuel Charpentier. Courtesy of the Wolf Prize Foundation

The Crisper keys win the 2020 Wolf Prize in Medicine - the reasons for the prize committee

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Chicken coop at feeding time. Photo: shutterstock

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative genetic technology that can reach 100% accuracy in determining the sex of the fetus

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fruit fly. Photo: shutterstock

Animal avatars, or - how a cancer patient got help from 300,000 flies

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A doctor examines children in Africa. Photo: shutterstock

Africa begins to spread genetically modified mosquitoes

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squid. Photography: Richard.

The DNA secrets of the squid

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The Aedes aegypt mosquito, which is among the transmitters of the Zika virus. Source: James Gathany / PHIL, CDC.

The mosquitoes will save us from... the mosquitoes

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DNA replication using RNA. Illustration: shutterstock

An innovative method for DNA replication

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Illustration depicting the behavior of a drop of water in oil within an electric field. [Courtesy: COPYRIGHT (C) 2015 TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]

An innovative method of introducing genes into cells

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genetically modified food. Illustration: shutterstock

Reflections - genetically modified food - myth and facts / Bracha Reger and Uri Kogan

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Today they roast real meat, tomorrow - meat grown in a laboratory. Photo: shutterstock

Researchers have made a lab-engineered hamburger. The price is 250 thousand pounds, the financier: Sergey Brin from Google

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Intelligent design-millennium version: Soon we will be able to design living beings with predefined properties

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