Meenakshi Prabhune

Sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia are debilitating genetic blood disorders. Patients in a CRISPR- based clinical trial, CTX001, have shown remarkable progress, as per recent reports, ushering in hope for gene therapy as an effective treatment for these diseases.

Jimi has dealt with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder with serious implications, his entire life. Undergoing a CRISPR gene editing trial turned his hope for a cure into reality with promising results from the early phases. Tune in to learn about Jimi's journey in this episode.

“Not a lot of people have an opportunity to make an unexpected discovery that leads to a dramatic program that really impacts the lives of millions and millions of people. But when you do, it is your responsibility to change clinical practice,” says Alfred Sommer, an ophthalmologist at John Hopkins University who lives by this principle.
Sommer earned the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award in 1997 for converting his discovery that vitamin A reduces mortality rates for common infect...

Smoking is bad for your health. Everyone knows that. But what about second-hand smoke...?

CRISPR is making waves in therapeutics, but its potential in diagnostics remains underexplored. Now, researchers report a new electronic biosensor that uses CRISPR to detect specific genes in genomic DNA—CRISPR-Chip.

Will the biotech industry save us from the impending food crisis?

Hunting for academic positions is tough enough, but hunting for two positions is a nightmare! How do academic couples with dual careers cope with these situations?

March 8 is International Women’s day. Let's take this day as an opportunity to applaud all year round efforts in the form of a compilation of lists, resources, and articles that highlight women in science.

Advances in CRISPR-Cas9 technology have greatly accelerated genome engineering research. More and more researchers are adopting this technique for their studies but the path to CRISPR expertise can be blocked by confusing jargon. This webpage serves as a beginner's guide to understand one of the basic concepts in CRISPR: single guide (sg) RNA.

Achieving mechanical division of hollow cell covers takes researchers one step closer to artificial cell division.

Meenakshi Prabhune, a freelance science journalist, talks about careers in science beyond academia and science outreach.

Science can be complicated, but science writing need not be.

Researchers have finally ended a long standing debate about how SMC proteins condense DNA by capturing a video of the loop extrusion process in real time.

We caught up with Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist, to chat about his views on genomics and CRISPR and to get a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into his book writing experience. Read on to discover his perspective about this latest venture and why we deem...

Social media is omnipresent, but does it have a legitimate place in science outreach?