Who are Delve founders Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar?Both founders, Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar, hold a bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Tec...
04 Apr, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
CRISPR, brighter than AI: India must invest in innovation, ethical use of this transformative gene-editing toolIndia has the chance to lead in CRISPR technology by driving ethical gene editing innovations in healthcare, agriculture, and environmental...
12 Mar, 2025, 10.58 PM IST
TB testing technology developed by ICMR's regional centre allows tests at Rs 35ICMR has introduced a new CRISPR-based technology for detecting tuberculosis at a low cost. Capable of testing 1,500 samples in a short per...
26 Aug, 2024, 12.49 PM IST
US FDA approves two gene therapies for sickle cell diseaseThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment in the US ...
09 Dec, 2023, 12.30 AM IST
View: Genome editing and lessons for IndiaIn the CRISPR system, a specific region in the bacterial genome collects small DNA snippets of the invading phage between repeat-spacer arr...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
This paper-strip test with gene-editing technology can detect Covid-19 in less than an hourThe test has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
23 Oct, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
ICMR issues advisory for use of Feluda paper strip testThe paper-strip uses cutting-edge CRISPR gene-editing technology to identify and target the genetic material of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ...
23 Oct, 2020, 11.39 AM IST
India's Feluda COVID-19 test cheaper, faster alternative to RT-PCR, say scientistsNamed after Satyajit Ray's famed detective, the Feluda test, which is priced at Rs 500 and can deliver a result in 45 minutes, is able to d...
28 Sep, 2020, 06.42 PM IST
Tata Group officially ventures into the medical devices with Tata Medical and DiagnosticsOfficially incorporated in July 2020, the company manufactures medical appliances and instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, t...
20 Sep, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
DCGI approves commercial launch of Tata Group's low cost Covid-19 test 'Feluda'The Tata CRISPR test achieves accuracy levels of traditional RT-PCR tests with quicker turnaround time, less expensive equipment and better...
20 Sep, 2020, 11.04 AM IST
Quantum Leap: Gene editing could prove to be a game-changerA Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, claimed last year that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies using Crispr, to make them resi...
28 Dec, 2019, 11.20 PM IST
7,000 new marine microbial species discoveredThe scientists at HKUST discovered the microbial species, including Acidobacteria — a natural medicinal phylum containing the CRISPR gene e...
11 Mar, 2019, 11.08 PM IST
A look at gene editing and why it is controversialThis is unethical because informed consent is not possible from a future generation.
01 Dec, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
- Modified CRISPR technique treats diseases without cutting DNA
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) In what could remove a major hurdle to using gene editing technologies to treat human diseases, scientists have crea...
08 Dec, 2017, 04.57 PM IST
- CRISPR gene tool can cause unintended flaws in genome
New York, May 30 (IANS) The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome, warns a new...
30 May, 2017, 11.25 AM IST
- Off-switch for CRISPR may improve safety of gene editing system
New York, Dec 30 (IANS) In a study that has the potential to improve the safety and accuracy of CRISPR applications, researchers have disco...
30 Dec, 2016, 02.42 PM IST
China to perform world's first human genetic editing trialCRISPR, short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, was named "2015 Breakthrough of the Year" by the US journal Sc...
02 Aug, 2016, 02.24 PM IST