Gene Editing / CRISPR
Spain expands GMO corn production by 20%, UK eyes gene editing
Four countries in the EU grew commercial genetically modified (GM) maize in 2016, with Spain adopting the largest area. According ...
Olympic gene doping: How WADA is managing new performance-enhancing technologies
The start of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang has once again brought questions of unethical athletic performance-enhancement, or doping, to ...
How should the FDA regulate CRISPR gene-edited animals?
Gene editing is touted as a promising new way of altering the DNA of plants or animals to speed their ...
Video: Watch CRISPR’s cutting skills in action
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique is an important concept to know about in these days of biotech advances, but it can be pretty ...
Chocolate producers look to CRISPR gene editing to help cacao trees adapt to climate change
With the help of a suite of genetic engineering tools including CRISPR — and money from Mars Inc., one of the world’s ...
DARPA: Biohackers should ‘think deeply’ about using themselves as research guinea pigs
[DARPA biotechnology director Justin] Sanchez was not only [at Body Hacking Con] to promote the agency’s expansive research portfolio. He ...
Biohackers forge ahead with independent, unregulated research
Alessandro [Volpato] isn't a hobby chef, nor is he chemist or an electrician. But he might be a mixture of ...
CRISPR gene editing could boost crop yields and nutrition, but public acceptance remains wild card
The process of producing better food, protecting the environment and improving animal health is advancing at a seemingly breakneck pace ...
Viewpoint: Public enthusiasm for genetics tempered by distrust, privacy concerns
Cheaper genome sequencing is expanding our ability to understand risks associated with genetic mutations. But not everyone embraces these advances, ...
Parasitic dodder plant steals crops’ water and nutrients. Could gene editing stop it?
A parasitic plant called dodder can silence the expression of genes in the host plants from which it obtains water ...
Europe should embrace new breeding techniques to make farming more sustainable, says EU agriculture committee chair
The vice-chair of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee has argued that Europe should embrace innovative biotechnologies to boost food production ...
Precision CRISPR repairs blindness in mice, could herald human treatments
In genome-editing, the challenge for CRISPR-wielding scientists is to edit only one of the two copies, or alleles, of every ...
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 ...
Gene-editing advances put us at the dawn of a revolution in medicine
So much of the public's attention is focused on the use of genetic engineering in the crops that our farmers ...
Viewpoint: US may be losing CRISPR race against China, but FDA regulations are worth it
[H]ow did China edge out the United States to become the first to use CRISPR in humans? American researchers were, ...
Former Novartis chief Joseph Jimenez discusses breakthroughs in gene therapy, future of CRISPR in medicine
Editor's Note: Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez retired in January after eight years in the top job at one of the ...
CRISPR shows promise in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Scientists have successfully tweaked the DNA in human heart cells to correct mutations that cause a deadly disease. If the ...
Viewpoint: We aren’t even close to being able to engineer superhumans
We know there are genes that contribute to intelligence. But the relationship between those genes and our intelligence is so ...
5 ways CRISPR will revolutionize the future
1. CRISPR Could Correct The Genetic Errors That Cause Disease. [...] In summer 2017, scientists at the Oregon Health and Science University used CRISPR ...
Glory of plants in 3D: CRISPR gene-editing, imaging technology unlock genetic secrets
Advances in imaging technology — allowing researchers to peer inside plant structures in 3D — mean that biologists are seeking ...
How the EU decides to regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops will have ‘huge impact’ on US, rest of world
Most gene editing techniques should not come under the Europe Union’s strict regulatory regime for genetically modified organisms, according to ...
What was CRISPR before humans ‘discovered’ it for use in gene editing?
[T]here is a less sequins-and-glitter side to CRISPR that’s just as alluring to anyone thirsty to understand the natural world ...
Virus-resistant CRISPR pigs could save pork producers $600 million per year
To pig farmer Thomas Titus, new scientific techniques could bring better disease resistance for his herd, saving baby pigs and potentially ...
Finding a CRISPR delivery route in humans is the hard part
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 ...
Will South American powerhouses Brazil and Argentina regulate new breeding techniques (NBTs) as GMOs?
New breeding techniques, or “NBTs” as they have come to be known, are a set of innovative tools that can ...
Viewpoint: Why ‘having a public conversation’ about gene editing could hinder advances
[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 ...
How gene-edited crops could spell the end of the infamous term ‘GMO’
Political and social controversies, as well as complications of plant breeding, intellectual property, and regulation, have compromised the promised impact ...