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Monsanto to fund gene editing company Pairwise Plants to develop new crop varieties

Tom Polansek | 
Monsanto Co. will fund a new U.S. company that aims to develop crops using technology known as gene editing, rather ...
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CRISPR opens the door on crop research by smaller companies and universities

Blake Hurst | 
CRISPR, a new gene-editing technique, offers an end run around the cost associated with traditional genetic engineering, allowing smaller companies ...
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How will government regulations impact CRISPR gene editing in agriculture?

Chris Sworder | 
In the USA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is responsible for regulating food and agricultural products, has made ...
Viewpoint: Gene editing in humans should leave 'no room for suspicion' of 'closed door' research

Viewpoint: Gene editing in humans should leave ‘no room for suspicion’ of ‘closed door’ research

Mary Warnock | 
The Royal Society has recently published the results of an extensive survey of the attitudes of the general public to ...
Gene editing could all but end world's most serious livestock diseases

Gene editing could all but end world’s most serious livestock diseases

Hannah Devlin | 
Farming is poised for a gene editing revolution that could overcome some of the world’s most serious livestock diseases, the ...
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Fertility quest: How technology has fueled quantum leaps

Carol Lynn Curchoe | 
Nanotech, artificial intelligence, wearables and biological engineering are among the new high tech ways to knock you up, stop your ...
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More than 70% of UK public endorses human gene editing to treat disease

Scientists have been given a green light from members of the public to press ahead with developing gene editing therapies ...
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Sickle cell treatment? CRISPR gene editing shows promise

Jose Marques Lopes | 
A gene editing technology called CRISPR/Cas9 repaired 20 to 40 percent of stem and progenitor cells obtained from sickle cell ...
CRISPR-edited mosquitoes could dramatically reduce more than 200 million annual cases of malaria

CRISPR-edited mosquitoes could dramatically reduce more than 200 million annual cases of malaria

Michael Irving | 
Swatting at mosquitoes is a great start, but if we really want to cut down on the hundreds of millions ...
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Europe missed out on GMO biotech revolution. What’s going to happen with gene editing?

Nigel Halford | 
As a plant geneticist in Europe, I must carefully pick my way through some of the most onerous constraints to ...
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CRISPR can fix gene that causes intellectual impairment in men–fragile X syndrome

Paul Ratner | 
The fragile X syndrome is the most common form of intellectual impairment in men, affecting 1 out of 3,600 boys. Now, scientists ...
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Human testing on beta thalassemia patients: CRISPR readied for next milestone as early as this year

David Crow | 
[R]esearchers demonstrated how a gene editing technique, known as Crispr-Cas9, could be used to edit living human cells, raising the ...
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Can CRISPR gene drives save New Zealand’s native birds and other wildlife?

Kathiann Kowalski | 
[Many] non-native animals — known as invasive species — have been preying on the native birds, some of which don’t ...
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Viewpoint: Gene editing poised to revolutionize agriculture—if we can fix biotech regulations

Alison Van Eenennaam, Nina Fedoroff | 
In his speech at the recent American Farm Bureau convention, President Trump said his administration was "streamlining regulations that have blocked cutting-edge ...
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How foods created with CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) can earn consumer trust

Alison Van Eenennaam | 
An Interview with Alison Van Eenennaam, Animal Biotechnology & Genomics Extension Specialist at the University of California-Davis: From your perspective, ...
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Viewpoint: CRISPR crops poised to help global food insecurity and limit farming’s environmental impact

Jill Gartland, Kevan Gartland | 
Increased crop productivity, including the use of genetically modified and other forms of biotechnology crops, leads to more affordable food ...
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Wheat is a notoriously difficult crop to improve. CRISPR could change that

Julianna LeMieux | 
One challenge to improving wheat genetically has been due to the complex genetic mechanisms that go on with wheat DNA. A wheat ...
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CRISPR update calms fears about off-target editing effects

Sharon Begley | 
The fear that CRISPR-based genome repair for preventing or treating genetic diseases will be derailed by “editing gone wild” has ...
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‘One-time CRISPR vaccination’? Researchers target disorder linked to heart disease

Abby Norman | 
Some people have a naturally occurring mutation in a gene called ANGPTL3, which plays a role in the regulation of ...
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Gene-edited pigs could eliminate need for castration

Betsy Freese, Tad Sonstegard | 
Castrating pigs is not a favorite chore for pork producers, but it’s necessary for meat quality and barn management. Now, ...
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Digitizing DNA: Real reasons to worry about cyberbiosecurity

Jean Peccoud, Jenna Gallegos | 
The intersection between biology and digital technology opens the door for incredible discoveries, but also creates opportunities for dangerous events, ...
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Current biotech regulations create animal and crop approval blocks and bottlenecks but gene editing may open new doors

Joe Scott | 
The cost of current biotech industry regulations might not be obvious to consumers, but it’s clear to researchers. “We’ve got ...
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4 CRISPR gene-edited foods coming soon to a grocery store near you

Monica Reinagel | 
Genetic researchers working with gene editing, along with farmers and growers, are excited about the potential for CRISPR technology to ...
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Precision upgrade? Modified enzyme could boost CRISPR gene editing

Jon Cohen | 
You wouldn't know it from the excitement generated by the revolutionary genome editing method known as CRISPR, but as practiced ...
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Targeted evolution: Why are we so afraid of CRISPR gene editing?

Fahad Ali | 
Here’s the paradox: modern gene technology is far less genetically invasive – and much better understood – than the time-worn ...
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Viewpoint: Regulatory overreach looms as obstacle for New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) in agriculture

Steven Cerier | 
The fast-moving world of plant breeding — fueled by advances in CRISPR and other techniques — has tossed a wrench ...
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Regulatory, ethical issues muddy the waters around advanced reproductive technologies

Claudia Geib | 
In November 2017, a baby named Emma Gibson was born in the state of Tennessee. Her birth, to a 25-year-old ...
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