• #10- Gene editing CRISPR-Cas9, Coronavirus spilling from bats to humans, COVID-related brain effects

  • Oct 20 2020
  • Length: 20 mins
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#10- Gene editing CRISPR-Cas9, Coronavirus spilling from bats to humans, COVID-related brain effects

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  • On Episode #10, here are the main topics:

    1. The 2020 Nobel prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of a genetic engineering technique. With all its benefits, the technique has some seriously concerned about its ethical implications.

    2. Studies suggest that coronavirus could lead to neurological illnesses

    3. New research reveals why coronavirus that once lived harmlessly in bats and other wildlife – has become uncontrollable once it jumped the species barrier and entered humans.

    References

    Doudna, J. A., & Charpentier, E. (2014). The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9. Science, 346(6213).

    Frontera, J. A., Sabadia, S., Lalchan, R., Fang, T., Flusty, B., Millar-Vernetti, P., ... & Morgan, N. (2020). A Prospective Study of Neurologic Disorders in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in New York City. Neurology.

    Alejandro Berrio, Valerie Gartner, Gregory A. Wray. Positive selection within the genomes of SARS-CoV-2 and other Coronaviruses independent of impact on protein function. PeerJ, 2020; 8: e10234 

     
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