Modifying a protein in chicken cells can help the birds resist infection by influenza viruses, but further testing is needed before this approach …
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To protect chickens from bird flu, researchers try to CRISPR in immunity – STAT News
In a study, chicken cells had had their genomes edited, not to correct a faulty mutation, but in an effort to blunt the bird flu virus.
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Solar Storms Can Hinder Bird Migration – Scientific American
… birds such as warblers, thrushes and sparrows. “We really didn’t know what we would find at all, because at face value, [linking] space weather and …
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How gene editing could help curb the spread of bird flu – MIT Technology Review
Researchers used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to alter the DNA of 10 chickens to resist the bird flu virus and then exposed all of them to a low dose …
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Bird flu: Scientists see gene editing hope for immune chickens – BBC News
Researchers have developed gene-edited chickens that are partially resistant to bird flu. Although the birds are not completely immune, …
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Scientists use gene editing to create chickens resistant to bird flu – Sky News
… bird flu. The breakthrough suggests flocks could be protected from the strain of the disease that has spread rapidly around the world in wild birds.
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Gene editing offers chickens some protection against bird flu -study – Reuters
Scientists in Britain have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes, signaling a new potential …
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CRISPR gene editing used to make chickens resistant to bird flu: Study – USA Today
In a scientific first, U.K. researchers used gene editing technology to create poultry that’s partially resistant to bird flu infection.
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Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu – The New York Times
Avian influenza refers to a group of flu viruses that are adapted to spread in birds. Over the last several years, a highly lethal version of a bird …
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CDFW seeks artists for California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest – Del Norte Triplicate
The 2022-23 Upland Game Bird Stamp Contest winning entry of chukar by Jeffrey Klinefelter. Contributed photo. Support local journalism by …
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