Gene Editing / CRISPR
Potential CRISPR setback jolts investors, but researchers say there’s no need to panic
On [January 8], the world of science awoke to news that suddenly cast uncomfortable doubt on many of the past ...
CRISPR setback? Our immune system may attack the treatment used with the popular gene editor
A new paper points to a previously unknown hurdle for scientists racing to develop therapies using the revolutionary genome-editing tool ...
CAR-T gene therapy treatments may fall short of corrective goals, requiring surgical gene editing
For decades, researchers, some physicians, and a few patients have had visions of treatments that would go in and fix ...
Dog DNA could be man’s best friend: Clone of gene-edited dog aids human heart disease research
With his black, brown and white fur, Longlong looks like most beagles. But the puppy has been sick with a ...
Is President Trump pro-GMO?
“We are streamlining regulations that have blocked cutting-edge biotechnology, setting free our farmers to innovate, thrive, and to grow,” Trump told a ...
Can CRISPR gene editing save chocolate from extinction?
Beyond the glittery glass-and-sandstone walls of the University of California’s new biosciences building, rows of tiny green cacao seedlings in ...
Lou Gehrig’s disease might be treatable using CRISPR
University of California, Berkeley scientists have for the first time used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to disable a defective gene that ...
Popular Cavendish banana heading towards extinction, with GMO and gene edited varieties only viable saviors
We are in the age of the Cavendish, a banana cultivar that accounts for 99 percent of imports to the Western world. But ...
Improving the health of dairy cows using gene edited breeding–What are the issues?
How society regards the use of genetic modification and genome editing can have a significant influence on how these technologies ...
Beyond GMOs: Gene editing’s potential to transform food and farming depends on public acceptance
[The following is part of a letter from the editor of MIT Technology Review, David Rotman.] Decades of fretting over the ...
Hearing loss linked to single mutation might be treatable with gene editing
When David Liu first heard about a strain of mouse from his colleague Zheng-Yi Chen, he got excited. The mice ...
Looking back at 2017’s genetics breakthroughs
It was a big year for the building blocks of life. Here were the most significant breakthroughs in genetics research ...
Should it matter if the public is wary of gene editing and human enhancement?
A survey of people in the US and 10 European nations found opposition to some forms of gene editing for ...
How CRISPR gene editing is revolutionizing the world–and why we need to cautious about it
Until recently, gene editing used to be relegated to science fiction novels and movies. The idea of being able to ...
Why 2018 might not be a banner year for CRISPR gene editing in humans
Ever since scientists first used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit living human cells in 2013, they’ve been saying that the possibilities for ...
Will new wave of gene-edited crops ease public fear of GMO food?
To many scientists, the potential of gene editing seems nearly limitless, offering a new way to rapidly create plants that ...
Navigating the ‘promise and peril’ of bioengineering
We’re standing on the threshold of extraordinary capability in synthetic biology. CRISPR-Cas9, the genome editing technique discovered in 2014, is ...
Personalized piglets could offer insights into disease progression in children
To better understand [incurable inherited disease neurofibromatosis type 1, Charles] Konsitzke learned, you need a species that’s closer in both ...
Scientists fight back against call for moratorium on gene-drive research
It sounds like the plot of a science fiction novel: Scientists discover how to eradicate an entire species. Environmentalists want to stop the ...
Free access to CRISPR gene editing? This startup wants to make it possible
CRISPR gene editing is widely regarded as one of the most significant advances in the life sciences in decades. The technology, ...
Italian family’s inability to feel pain spurs research on relief for chronic sufferers
The six members of the family barely notice broken bones or severe burns. Researchers have identified the mutation behind their ...
Hemophilia A gene therapy trial results: ‘This is huge’
British doctors say they have achieved "mind-blowing" results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A. Patients are born ...
Birth defects in Brazil linked to Zika, not insecticides or vaccines
In the fall and early winter of 2015, a startling number of infants in northeastern Brazil were born with abnormally small ...
5 gene-edited crops slated to hit the market in the near future
Farmers quickly gleaned agronomic benefits from GMO technology. Consumers? Not so much. Gene editing could change that, since it’s keying ...
Treating spinal cord injuries by genetically modifying cells that help us smell
Researchers from the University of Bristol have just shared the promising results of a new treatment for spinal cord injuries that could ...
Can CRISPR really save lives? People with beta thalassemia blood disease likely first human trial subjects
For those who have no idea what CRISPR is all about, the abbreviation means “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats.” ...
Bringing home the bacon: Will consumers eat gene-edited pigs?
Genetic selection through precise breeding programs U.S. pig farmers with assistance from genetic companies have drastically increased the number of ...