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  India eyes a Jurassic Park moment: Extinct cheetahs may growl again via gene editing

  India | April 18, 2025 13:19 IST

  The Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) in the city, in collaboration with the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), is working jointly to resurrect the Indian cheetah.

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  For the first time, scientists change flower colour using gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9

  Life | September 12, 2017 12:48 IST

  According to scientists, this was the first attempt in which this gene-editing tool was used for flower colour.

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  For first time ever, scientists are able to edit DNA in human embryos through CRISPR technique!

  Lifestyle | August 03, 2017 15:12 IST

  CRISPR-Cas9 operates like a molecular scissor which can selectively incise unwanted parts of the genome and replace it with the healthy new strands of DNA.