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Waging war against the mosquito: Split-gene drive could hinder spread of Zika

Caroline Seydel | 
The use of split-gene drives could alleviate the concerns of critics who worry about unexpected effects of releasing gene-edited mosquitos ...
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Friendlier regulations fuel China’s lead in human gene-editing race

In a hospital west of Shanghai, Wu Shixiu since March has been trying to treat cancer patients using a promising ...
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‘Dead CRISPR’ may offer easier way to create stem cells

Sterling Ericsson | 
The ability to make stem cells from other cell types has largely been a recent phenomenon. It took a huge ...
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Will CRISPR work in people? Scientists say study raises questions, but is not a setback

Faye Flam | 
It can feel shocking when someone disparages a golden person, thing or technology — and in recent years, no emerging ...
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CRISPR patent dispute: Broad Institute has key rights revoked in Europe

Kelly Servick | 
A decision from the European Patent Office (EPO) has put the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on shaky ground with its ...
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Farmers, scientists worry anti-GMO activists could stymie CRISPR and other gene-edited crop research

Sara Wyant | 
[N]ew precision breeding tools are creating such a buzz that some activists suggest techniques like CRISPR Cas9 - which involves ...
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Critics push back against Australian government recommendation to loosen constraints on CRISPR gene editing research

Andrew Masterson | 
Australia’s gene technology regulator has proposed a bold shake-up of rules surrounding genetic engineering processes, potentially loosening constraints on research ...
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CRISPR first in US: Human cancer patients to be treated with gene-editing tool

Emily Mullin | 
The first human test in the U.S. involving the gene-editing tool CRISPR could begin at any time and will employ ...
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Monsanto looks to launch new herbicide-tolerant canola, soybean varieties in coming years

Allan Dawson | 
Dicamba-tolerant canola is coming and so is a triple-threat soybean, resistant to glyphosate, dicamba and glufosinate. That’s just some of ...
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EU seeks ‘clarity’ on court’s recommendation not to regulate new crop breeding techniques as GMOs

Sarantis Michalopoulos | 
The European Commission expects “important” clarity on the scope of GMO legislation ahead of a Court ruling on new plant ...
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Viewpoint: Headline-grabbing attempt to edit living human’s DNA needs reality check

Annie Keller | 
For the first time, doctors have attempted to edit faulty genes inside the body of a human patient — a ...
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Gene editing: How breeders use CRISPR and TALEN to improve crops, livestock

Ed Maixner | 
Animal and plant breeders are trying out a set of powerful new tools which have the potential to revolutionize agricultural ...
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Should the FDA have a say in ‘do-it-yourself’ biohacking?

Kristen Brown | 
In the past few months, the possibility of do-it-yourself genetic engineering has exited the realm of the purely hypothetical. ...
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Viewpoint: Plant scientists need to engage public on gene editing in agriculture

Ashley Walmsley | 
Easing the public into being more comfortable with genome-edited food will take more than simply stating facts according to Kevin ...
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Australia set to reduce regulations of CRISPR gene editing to speed up crop research

Marty McCarthy | 
Australia is set to reform how it regulates new genetic engineering techniques, which experts say will help to dramatically speed ...
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European court recommends gene-edited crops be exempt from EU GMO laws

Arthur Neslen | 
Gene editing technologies should be largely exempted from EU laws on GM food, although individual states can regulate them if they ...
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CRISPR food coming soon: USDA decision speeds up regulatory process for gene-edited crops

Kristen Brown | 
In September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the green light to a version of the plant Camelina sativa, an important oilseed crop that ...
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Viewpoint: We can’t afford to let ethical questions blunt the potential of CRISPR gene editing

With CRISPR, there is no doubt that there are multiple very concerning implications to the technology. Should humans actually alter ...
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EU braces for landmark decision on whether CRISPR, other New Plant Breeding Techniques will be regulated as GMOs

Simon Marks | 
UPDATE: The European Court of Justice's advocate general has said gene editing technologies should be largely exempted from EU laws ...
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‘Sabotage’ of field trials by anti-GMO activists causes seed company to reconsider research in France

Limagrain, the world’s fourth-largest seed maker, will consider moving its research activities out of France if field trials in its ...
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Have ‘bio-citizens’ pushed us to a regulatory turning point?

Eleonore Pauwels | 
[We are at the beginning of] an upstart revolution where citizens are deciding not to wait around for a cure ...
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Preventing GMO gene flow: Scientists design synthetic species that can’t breed with wild counterparts

Peter Dockrill | 
Genetically modified organisms could potentially do a lot of good for the world, like ending the spread of diseases, or maybe ...
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CRISPR could be the answer to genetic engineering’s prayers

Antoine Danchin | 
Since its introduction four decades ago, genetic engineering has been a source of high hopes for health, agriculture, and industry ...
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CRISPR crops—exempt from GMO regulations—reaching US market in record time

Emily Waltz | 
CRISPR–Cas9-edited plants can be cultivated and sold free from regulation, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making increasingly clear ...
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Public embrace of CRISPR gene editing key to future of agriculture

Ed Maixner | 
The process of producing food, protecting the environment, and improving animal health is advancing at a seemingly breakneck pace. These ...
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Reversing aging in the elderly? Cells derived from skin of old mice show it may be possible

Researchers at Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) João Lobo Antunes have found that manipulating a single RNA molecule is enough ...
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Can CRISPR gene-edited ‘terminator bulls’ revolutionize the beef industry?

Andrew Rosenblum | 
After a year of trying, [Australian geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam's lab at the University of California succeeded in using] the ...
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