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Dr. Ariel Afek, left, and doctoral student Noga Levy at Afek's lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science. (Courtesy/Weizmann Institute of Science)
August 26, 2026, 3:41 am
Breakthrough Israeli cancer study finds mutations break DNA when it doesn’t bend
Weizmann Institute of Science and Rowan University researchers show that repair enzymes fail to fix gene structures of certain shapes, in discovery that may lead to new therapies
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Yehu Moran, head of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines sea anemones in his lab. (Courtesy)
July 24, 2026, 1:31 am
Israeli scientists say they’ve discovered a unique immune system in sea anemones
Evolutionary split 600 million years ago upends long-held scientific belief that all animals share one ancestral antiviral system; study can help save endangered coral reefs
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Research assistant Katie McCullough holds a mouse in a Washington University lab where doctors study a rare form of autism, December 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
April 9, 2026, 7:44 pm
With a switch of a letter in DNA ‘dark matter,’ Israeli scientists change sex of mouse
Bar-Ilan University researchers use CRISPR tool to alter Enh13 switch controlling Sox9 gene, causing XX mice to develop as males; study may help explain other genetic mutations
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image of a brain scan (utah778; iStock by Getty Images)
February 5, 2026, 3:25 pm
Israeli researchers identify gene that causes elusive neurodevelopmental disorder
Using CRISPR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem team finds PEDS1 enzyme linked to reduced brain size; study maps 331 genes essential to brain and neuron development
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Ayal Hendel, Bar Ilan University. Goodman Faculty of LIfe(Courtesy/Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
September 2, 2025, 10:48 am
Israeli researcher joins EU cell therapy initiative for blood cancers and tumors
Bar-Ilan University scientist part of €8 million consortium to ensure accuracy in CAR-T cell therapy, an immunotherapy using CRISPR-Cas9, in European hospitals
By Diana Bletter
A single human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus buds from a human immune cell, which the virus had infected, and within which the HIV virus had been replicated. (NIAID via AP)
June 15, 2022, 5:35 pm
Israeli researchers develop gene-editing technology to fight HIV virus
Scientists from Tel Aviv University use CRISPR to modify body’s disease-fighting type B white blood cells, in what may become a treatment for the illness
By Luke Tress
Scientists analyze DNA helix and editing genomes within organisms using CRISPR technology (elenabs via iStock by Getty Images)
May 24, 2021, 2:20 pm
New Israeli tech gives accuracy boost to microscopic scissors for DNA editing
The CRISPR technique snips DNA, but what if it cuts the wrong location in the genome without scientists realizing? Software innovation provides alerts
By Nathan Jeffay
Cannabis seeds developed by CanBreed (Courtesy)
March 30, 2021, 5:16 pm
Israel’s CanBreed gets hemp growing and breeding license in California
Startup uses gene-editing technology to create cannabis seeds that are uniform and high quality, in a bid to increase profitability in the industry with more resilient species
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: Cancer cells inside the body (wildpixel; iStock by Getty Images)
November 19, 2020, 5:53 pm
With new ‘elegant chemo,’ Israeli scientists edit genome to destroy cancer DNA
Tel Aviv University team uses ‘microscopic scissors’ to pinpoint and eliminate cancerous cells; results of animal tests just published, trial in humans expected within 2 years
By Nathan Jeffay
In this January 2019 image made from video provided by Penn Medicine, IV bags of CRISPR-edited T cells are prepared for administering to a patient at the Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia. (Penn Medicine via AP)
November 6, 2019, 6:36 pm
In first, US doctors try CRISPR gene editing for cancer treatment
Procedure that bolsters patients’ immune systems by helping cells better identify and fight against cancer has so far yielded encouraging results
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
In this Oct. 9, 2018 photo, an embryo receives a small dose of Cas9 protein and PCSK9 sgRNA in a sperm injection microscope in a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
November 26, 2018, 5:42 am
Chinese scientist claims he created first-ever gene edited babies
Some protest crossing of ethical boundaries after He Jiankui says he used CRISPR technology to make HIV-resistant twin girls, in groundbreaking move that could rewrite biology
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Photo of Dani Offen, professor at the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University and co-founder and chief scientific officer of eggXYt,in lab testing a male egg prior to hatching (Courtesy)
February 11, 2018, 1:31 pm
Now you can count your chickens before they hatch, instead of culling them
Israeli startup says it can save seven billion male chicks from sure death by detecting their gender while they’re still eggs
By Urvashi Verma
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