Can Li – Asian Scientist Magazine

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Researchers have developed a technique that turns back on silenced, or switched-off, genes without causing unwanted mutations.

Multiplex Digenome-seq helps researchers identify target sites for CRISPR-Cas9 enzymes that are least likely to have off-target effects.

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Asian Scientist Magazine catches up with the inventor of optogenetics and CRISPR gene editing, Zhang Feng.

When grown on a ‘fiber-on-fiber’ matrix, 95 percent of the pluripotent stem cells formed colonies.

Scientists have mimicked the development of a whole human eye in a 2D lab culture, paving the way for futuristic cornea reconstruction techniques.

Reprogramming invariant natural killer T cells in the lab increases their potency and helps them seek out and kill cancer cells.

Gene Yeo uses genetics to explore how defects in RNA processing contribute to diseases such as neurodegeneration.

A tumor suppressor protein called ARF may be the reason why the naked mole-rat can live up to 30 years and almost never show any type of cancer.

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from food reduces the severity of seizures in mice by causing more estrogen to be produced in the brain, researchers say.