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Olympic gene doping: How WADA is managing new performance-enhancing technologies

Sean Hall | 
The start of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang has once again brought questions of unethical athletic performance-enhancement, or doping, to ...
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How should the FDA regulate CRISPR gene-edited animals?

Philip Brasher, Steve Davies | 
Gene editing is touted as a promising new way of altering the DNA of plants or animals to speed their ...
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Video: Watch CRISPR’s cutting skills in action

Devin Coldewey | 
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique is an important concept to know about in these days of biotech advances, but it can be pretty ...
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Chocolate producers look to CRISPR gene editing to help cacao trees adapt to climate change

Max Blau | 
With the help of a suite of genetic engineering tools including CRISPR — and money from Mars Inc., one of the world’s ...
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DARPA: Biohackers should ‘think deeply’ about using themselves as research guinea pigs

Kristen Brown | 
[DARPA biotechnology director Justin] Sanchez was not only [at Body Hacking Con] to promote the agency’s expansive research portfolio. He ...
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Biohackers forge ahead with independent, unregulated research

Tim Schauenberg | 
Alessandro [Volpato] isn't a hobby chef, nor is he chemist or an electrician. But he might be a mixture of ...
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CRISPR gene editing could boost crop yields and nutrition, but public acceptance remains wild card

Sara Wyant | 
The process of producing better food, protecting the environment and improving animal health is advancing at a seemingly breakneck pace ...
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Viewpoint: Public enthusiasm for genetics tempered by distrust, privacy concerns

Jim Kozubek | 
Cheaper genome sequencing is expanding our ability to understand risks associated with genetic mutations. But not everyone embraces these advances, ...
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Parasitic dodder plant steals crops’ water and nutrients. Could gene editing stop it?

Barbara Kennedy | 
A parasitic plant called dodder can silence the expression of genes in the host plants from which it obtains water ...
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Europe should embrace new breeding techniques to make farming more sustainable, says EU agriculture committee chair

Samuel White | 
The vice-chair of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee has argued that Europe should embrace innovative biotechnologies to boost food production ...
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Precision CRISPR repairs blindness in mice, could herald human treatments

Sharon Begley | 
In genome-editing, the challenge for CRISPR-wielding scientists is to edit only one of the two copies, or alleles, of every ...
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International organic farming group IFOAM declares opposition to CRISPR gene-edited crops

IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements) has published a position paper on the new genetic engineering techniques. The aim is provide ...
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Gene-editing advances put us at the dawn of a revolution in medicine

Steven Cerier | 
So much of the public's attention is focused on the use of genetic engineering in the crops that our farmers ...
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Viewpoint: US may be losing CRISPR race against China, but FDA regulations are worth it

Claire Maldarelli | 
[H]ow did China edge out the United States to become the first to use CRISPR in humans? American researchers were, ...
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Former Novartis chief Joseph Jimenez discusses breakthroughs in gene therapy, future of CRISPR in medicine

Joseph Jimenez, Karen Weintraub | 
Editor's Note: Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez retired in January after eight years in the top job at one of the ...
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CRISPR shows promise in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Alessandra Potenza | 
Scientists have successfully tweaked the DNA in human heart cells to correct mutations that cause a deadly disease. If the ...
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Viewpoint: We aren’t even close to being able to engineer superhumans

Jim Kozubek | 
We know there are genes that contribute to intelligence. But the relationship between those genes and our intelligence is so ...
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5 ways CRISPR will revolutionize the future

Victor Tangermann | 
1. CRISPR Could Correct The Genetic Errors That Cause Disease. [...] In summer 2017, scientists at the Oregon Health and Science University used CRISPR ...
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Glory of plants in 3D: CRISPR gene-editing, imaging technology unlock genetic secrets

Heidi Ledford | 
Advances in imaging technology — allowing researchers to peer inside plant structures in 3D — mean that biologists are seeking ...
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How the EU decides to regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops will have ‘huge impact’ on US, rest of world

Mateusz Perkowski | 
Most gene editing techniques should not come under the Europe Union’s strict regulatory regime for genetically modified organisms, according to ...
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What was CRISPR before humans ‘discovered’ it for use in gene editing?

Rosie Mestel | 
[T]here is a less sequins-and-glitter side to CRISPR that’s just as alluring to anyone thirsty to understand the natural world ...
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Virus-resistant CRISPR pigs could save pork producers $600 million per year

Ed Maixner, Sara Wyant | 
To pig farmer Thomas Titus, new scientific techniques could bring better disease resistance for his herd, saving baby pigs and potentially ...
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Finding a CRISPR delivery route in humans is the hard part

Megan Molteni | 
Crispr, the promising new gene editing technology, promises to eradicate the world of human suffering—but for all the hype and hope, it hasn’t ...
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Will South American powerhouses Brazil and Argentina regulate new breeding techniques (NBTs) as GMOs?

Pablo Orozco | 
New breeding techniques, or “NBTs” as they have come to be known, are a set of innovative tools that can ...
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Viewpoint: Why ‘having a public conversation’ about gene editing could hinder advances

Ryan Hagemann | 
[I]t has become clear that [gene editing] technologies aren’t on the far-flung horizon; they’re at our front door. A recent article ...
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How gene-edited crops could spell the end of the infamous term ‘GMO’

Kathleen Hefferon, Ronald Herring | 
Political and social controversies, as well as complications of plant breeding, intellectual property, and regulation, have compromised the promised impact ...
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CRISPR gene-edited food in Europe? Questions remain on crop breeding regulations

Gregory Jaffe | 
The European Court of Justice recommended new techniques be exempt from GMO regulations, but left key questions unanswered, writes Gregory ...
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