{"id":146972,"date":"2026-02-28T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146972"},"modified":"2026-02-28T04:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:00:21","slug":"cutting-edge-chinese-gene-editing-technique-raises-prospect-of-new-autism-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146972","title":{"rendered":"Cutting-edge Chinese gene-editing technique raises prospect of new autism treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have used a cutting-edge gene-editing tool to correct a DNA mutation responsible for cognitive and behavioural problems \u2013 a move that could eventually lead to the development of new autism therapies.<br \/>\nIn lab tests, mice that had been engineered to have the mutation showed a striking change in their behaviour, such as the way they interacted with other mice, after being given an injection to introduce the edited genes.<br \/>\nThe Shanghai-based research team is looking for ways to&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3344950\/cutting-edge-chinese-gene-editing-technique-raises-prospect-new-autism-treatments?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have used a cutting-edge gene-editing tool to correct a DNA mutation responsible for cognitive and behavioural problems \u2013 a move that could&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146972"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}