Unborn Children Archives - Regenerative Medicine Now

First Human Embryos Genetically Modified Using CRISPR-Cas9 DNA-editing Technique

Oct 29, 2016 Bote Bruinsma, MD PhD Posted in Child Birth, Embryonic, Featured, Miscarriage, Unborn Children, Uterus Transplantation

Developmental biologists of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden have joined only a handful of others in a quest to genetically edit human embryos using CRISPR/Cas-9 technology. The controversial endeavor has underlined ethics talks on modification of human embryonic DNA, also known as ‘germline modification’. The Swedish group has pushed the boundaries by using viable [Read More]

Stem Cells to Treat Unborn Babies with Debilitating Genetic Disease

May 14, 2016 Mira Swave, MD Posted in Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Pregnancy, PRP, PRP Therapy, Unborn Children

In a preemptive approach to treat a debilitating genetic disease, scientists in Germany and the United States are planning clinical trials to use stem cell therapy to treat osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) in ailing fetuses. Occurring in about one in 20,000 live births, OI is the result of a gene mutation that leads to a deficiency [Read More]