Gene Editing / CRISPR
Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the ‘dawn of civilization’
The history of biotechnology shows how humans have been manipulating nature for our benefit for a long time—and how modern ...
Treating mental health disorders: Is CRISPR a long-hoped-for silver bullet?
“I was born with the murder gene.” That’s the chilling statement in a true-life story featured in Esquire years ago ...
Zinc fingers: New AI-powered biotech innovation could offer unique advantages over CRISPR when building gene-editing disease therapies
A new study has developed what the researchers call the "world's first" simple, modifiable proteins. Called "zinc fingers," these special ...
CRISPR roaches: Gene editing shown to work in insects, opening doors for advanced pest control
Researchers have developed a CRISPR-Cas9 approach to enable gene editing in cockroaches, according to a study published by Cell Press ...
Gene editing in agriculture: Disclosure, communication and transparency critical to public acceptance
Communication is critical around the topic of gene-editing, an emerging technology that involves making precise changes in the genetic material ...
Talking Biotech: The powerful potential—and risks—of CRISPR engineered ‘gene drives’
Evolutionary biologist Fred Gould: 'Gene drives' can be found in nature. Now, scientists want to engineer them to decrease populations ...
CRISPR food in grocery stores in 5 years? Gene editing research picks up speed
CRISPR, which works by finding and then replacing, editing or deleting a genetic sequence inside an organism, is currently being ...
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO opposition to CRISPR gene editing driven by skepticism of corporations, capitalism
The Des Moines Register recently reported on research ... which unveiled Russian funding for and promotion of articles that question the ...
What’s stopping us from using CRISPR to gene edit humans to fight disease?
Emerging clinical applications of CRISPR editing include delivery of CRISPR systems into the body to repair genetic sequences. This is ...
Controversial CRISPR paper claiming widespread ‘off-target mutations’ retracted by Nature Methods journal
Nature Methods has retracted a 2017 paper suggesting a common gene editing technique may cause widespread collateral damage to the ...
Herpes is rampant but there’s no vaccine in sight. Is it next on the gene editing cure list?
The fact is, almost everyone has herpes. Just so we’re defining our terms, genital herpes refers to the incredibly common ...
USDA has ‘no plans’ to regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops, says agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ... issued a statement making it clear that USDA does not regulate, or have any plans ...
Fighting Ebola with tobacco plants bioengineered to produce spider silk
There is still no approved drug for Ebola. The closest is the experimental biotherapeutic drug ZMapp, which was in extremely ...
Calyxt’s gene-edited high-fiber wheat won’t be regulated as a GMO, USDA confirms
Calyxt, Inc., a consumer-centric, food- and agriculture-focused company, announced that the Company’s high fiber wheat product has been declared a ...
Viewpoint: Sweeping impact of gene editing demands better way to educate the public
If the history of public engagement surrounding other recent scientific innovations is a guide, efforts to explain the science behind ...
The human cost of the anti-GMO movement: Why one scientist is quitting GE crop research
Constantly confronting people who think my research will harm them is profoundly distressing ...
CRISPR strawberries? Monsanto-backed gene-editing venture developing sweeter fruit
In a move aimed at securing a place in the rapidly-evolving food technology scene, agricultural giant Monsanto has invested $125 ...
Agroecologist: Gene-edited animals aren’t the solution to livestock diseases
It is very worrying not only to read about yet another blunder by the industrial farming sector (Pigs in the ...
Does CRISPR cause unintended mutations? Authors of controversial study reverse their findings
[Editor's note: The authors of a controversial report in Nature in May 2017 suggested that the popular CRISPR gene-editing technique ...
From GMOs to CRISPR: Making sense of how genetic engineering tweaks nature
Many new genetic engineering techniques have been stumbled upon by accident. Studying how bacteria defend themselves has led to CRISPR ...
Scientist to CEO: Caribou Biosciences’ Rachel Haurwitz targets cancer with CRISPR
In a fashionable fitted blazer, Rachel Haurwitz looks the part of a polished executive when she meets me in the ...
Dementia treatment shows promise in CRISPR lab tests
Salk Institute scientists reported [March 15] that they’ve invented a new version of the technology that works on RNA, combining CRISPR/Cas9’s ...
Viewpoint: Will the crop biotechnology revolution pass Nigeria by?
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating a new era, fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds. Breakthroughs in different fields ...
CRISPR gene editing and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) face opposition from organic industry
Can organic and non-GMO agriculture offer innovative, tech-based solutions for our food system – or does hope lie in new ...
House ‘right to try’ law passes, sent to Senate: What it could mean for fragile patients
The US House of Representatives passed a federal "right-to-try" bill [March 21], leaving many Americans wondering what the move could ...
Viewpoint: How Germany’s anti-GMO, pro-organic politics benefit US ag companies
Editor's note: The following is a satirical letter written by Reinhard Szibor, professor emeritus of human genetics and forensic medicine at the ...
Modern Victor Frankenstein? What synthetic biologists can learn from the classic cautionary tale
Mary Shelley was 20 when she published “Frankenstein” in 1818. Two hundred years on, the book remains thrilling, challenging and ...