CRISPR-Cas9: Timeline of key events
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Date | Event | People | Places | Sciences |
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23 Jan 2019 | CRISPR-Cas9 used to control genetic inheritance in mice | Grunwald, Gntz, Poplawski, Xu, Bier, Cooper | University of California San Diego | CRISPR-Cas9, Genetics, Transgenic animals |
21 Oct 2019 | New DNA editing technique called 'prime editing' published | Anzalone, Randolph, Davis, Sousa, Koblan, Levy, Chen, Wilson, Newby, Ranguram, Liu | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University | Crispr-Cas9, Gene editing, |
30 Dec 2019 | Chinese scientist convicted for using CRISPR-Cas9 in human babies | Jiankui | Southern University of Science and Technology of China | Crispr-Cas9, Gene editing, |
4 Mar 2020 | First patient received gene editing therapy with CRISPR directly administered into the body | Pennesi | Oregon Health and Science University | Crispr-Cas9, Gene editing, Opthalmology, Gene therapy |
Jun 2020 | Research published casting doubt over safety of using CRISPR-Cas 9 to modify human embryos | Francis Crick Institute, Columbia University, Oregon Health & Science University | Crispr-Cas9, Gene editing | |
7 Oct 2020 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna 'for the development of a method for genome editing'. | Doudna, Charpentier | University California Berkeley, University of Umea | CRISPR-Cas9, Gene editing, |
23 Jan 2019
CRISPR-Cas9 used to control genetic inheritance in mice
21 Oct 2019
New DNA editing technique called 'prime editing' published
30 Dec 2019
Chinese scientist convicted for using CRISPR-Cas9 in human babies
4 Mar 2020
First patient received gene editing therapy with CRISPR directly administered into the body
Jun 2020
Research published casting doubt over safety of using CRISPR-Cas 9 to modify human embryos
7 Oct 2020
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna 'for the development of a method for genome editing'.
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