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2023 was an important year for patients with sickle cell disease. Prior to CRISPR, the only cure for the life-long ailment was a bone marrow transplant, which is notoriously dangerous and costly. This month, the FDA approved Vertex’s “Casgevy,” a CRISPR-based therapy for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 and older. The landmark approval made the therapeutic the first genetically edited therapy to reach the general market.Casgevy, which also received the greenlight from regulators in the UK for another…

Image Source : FILE Instagram adds backdrop Instagram, a Meta-owned instant photo/video/reel sharing platform has launched a new AI media editing tool named "backdrop". The new tool will enable the user to edit the background of an image through prompts for Stories. The company initially launched the feature for the US users, and now they have expanded it further for…

Meanwhile, Instagram is expanding its Close Friends feature beyond Stories and Notes to feed posts and Reels. Meta-owned Instagram has launched a new AI media editing tool called "backdrop" that will let you edit an image background of your choice through prompts for Stories.The company initially launched the feature for users in the US."Our AI media editing tool backdrop is available on Instagram in the US! With backdrop, you can reimagine your image’s background with just a few taps and a prompt like…

NICER, a new gene editing method developed by Japanese researchers, presents a safer alternative to CRISPR/Cas9 by significantly reducing unintended DNA mutations, enhancing genetic disease treatment. Researchers led by Osaka University develop a new gene modification technique known as NICER that significantly reduces off-target mutations in DNA. The gene editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 has allowed researchers to make precise and impactful changes to an organism’s DNA to fix mutations that cause genetic disease. However,…

Instagram introduced its generative AI-powered background editing tool to U.S.-based users Wednesday. Meta’s lead for generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle posted on Threads saying that the tool will let users change the background to their images through prompts for Stories. When users will tap on the background editor icon on an image they will get ready prompts like “On a red carpet,” “Being chased by dinosaurs,” and “Surrounded by puppies.” Users can write their own prompts to change the background…

Google is working on a new WhatsApp and iMessage like features for its Messaging app in order to woo more users. The Google Messages app may now be planning to launch a new message editing…

Fixing mistakes in messaging apps is part of the modern chat experience. The old process involves explaining what you meant or correcting a previous line of sent text that the other person can’t understand. But some apps now let you edit your sent messages if you’re fast enough. You don’t have to send a few additional replies to correct your errors.Apple’s iMessage got support for text editing in iOS 16, and Meta brought it to WhatsApp earlier this year. Facebook Messenger will get it next, as part of the big…

CRISPR, the gene-editing technology that has revolutionized biological research, is finally available as a medical treatment with regulatory approval. On December 8 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease.The treatment, called exa-cel and made by the companies Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics, edits a gene involved in red blood cell shape and function. It appears to functionally cure the disease for at least one year. The FDA’s decision makes the U.S. the second…

In a decision, the FDA greenlit two new drugs for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 and older, one of which —Vertex’s drug Casgevy — is the first approved use of genome editing technology CRISPR in the US. Bluebird Bio’s Lyfgenia also is a cell-based gene therapy, however, it uses a different gene modification technique to deliver tweaked stem cells to the patient.Both approvals cultivate new pathways for the treatment of , which is an inherited blood disorder that is characterized by red blood cells…

Facebook is now rolling out new features to Facebook Messenger, which not only boost overall security, but add a much-requested feature, message editing. That’s not all, though, so let’s dive in, shall we? Meta says that this is the “biggest set of improvements to Messenger since it was first launched in 2011”. That’s a big claim. The headline of this update is definitely a huge boost on the security side of things. Facebook Messenger gets improved security, message editing, and various other improvements End-to-end…