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Why Sweden doesn’t regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops as GMOs

Sarah Jose, Staffan Eklöf | 
[Editor's note: The following is part of an interview with Staffan Eklöf, of the Swedish Board of Agriculture.] Could you give ...
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In world-first, Japanese scientists use CRISPR to change flower color

In a world-first, Japanese scientists have used the revolutionary CRISPR, or CRISPR/Cas9, genome-editing tool to change flower color in an ...
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Doubts emerge about first ‘successfully cured’ CRISPR gene-edited human embryos

Ewen Callaway | 
Doubts have surfaced about a landmark paper claiming that human embryos were cleared of a deadly mutation using genome editing ...
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USDA approves extra-oil producing gene-edited camelina, not regulated as a GMO

Mateusz Perkowski | 
A variety of camelina that’s gene-edited to increase oil content can be grown without undergoing the USDA’s regulatory process for ...
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Does Uganda need GMOs? Scientists look to gene editing to spur innovation

Isaac Ongu | 
Even as scientists in Uganda and other African countries aggressively push for approvals of new disease-fighting GMO crops, the focus ...
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First-ever gene-altering leukemia treatment approved by the FDA, uses patient cells to fight cancer

Denise Grady | 
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first-ever treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, a milestone ...
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Next generation Golden Rice could be driven by CRISPR gene editing

Fred Miller | 
Rice breeders today develop improved varieties from genetic breeding stock that has been advanced through thousands of generations and over ...
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CRISPR co-creator: We should have freedom to choose our ‘genetic destiny’

Jennifer Doudna, Samuel Sternberg | 
[Editor's Note: Jennifer Doudna is a professor of chemistry and molecular and cell biology at the University of California Berkeley ...
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CRISPR could efficiently improve difficult-to-breed oilseed crops, study shows

Hong Yang et al. | 
CRISPR/Cas9 is a valuable tool for both basic and applied research that has been widely applied to different plant species ...
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Infographic: Why single out GMOs—one of many forms of crop modification—for labeling?

Layla Katiraee | 
[Editor's note: Layla Katiraee is a scientist at Integrated DNA Technologies. She has a PhD in molecular genetics with a ...
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Human gene-editing debate: ‘We all need to educate ourselves’

Charles Sackerson | 
[Editor's note: Charles Sackerson is a biology lecturer at California State University Channel Islands.] In 1973, biotechnologist Herbert Boyer and ...
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Muscular dystrophy ‘death sentence’ targeted by gene therapy trials

Antonio Regalado | 
[T]hree U.S. teams say they are ready to try to treat Duchenne [Muscular Dystrophy] with gene therapy. The first study ...
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‘Genome cloaking’ could protect genetic privacy in medical tests

Krista Conger | 
It is now possible to scour complete human genomes for the presence of disease-associated genes without revealing any genetic information ...
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Could a Planet of the (Talking) Apes ever really evolve?

Ricki Lewis | 
War for the Planet of the Apes is the latest entry in the 50-year old franchise. A scientist asks: do ...
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‘Super cows’: How genetic tinkering could turn farm animals into cancer-fighting drug factories

Nick Fouriezos | 
While the overall biotech industry in South Dakota is small — about 66 firms — the state is emerging as ...
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RNA editing could help slow progression of symptoms of ALS and Huntington’s

Joe Fingas | 
The most common gene editing technique, CRISPR-Cas9, only modifies DNA. That's helpful in most cases, but it means that you can't ...
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It’s time to talk about the ethics of CRISPR-edited human embryos

Jessica Berg | 
With groundbreaking human gene editing research moving forward, and human enhancement becoming a reality, decisions need to be made about ...
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Could vitamin B3 supplements prevent birth defects?

Gretchen Vogel | 
An extra dose of vitamin B3 might help prevent certain kinds of complex birth defects, according to a new study ...
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Three-person IVF as an infertility solution has a long way to go

Meredith Knight | 
The procedure is typically targeted at parents who want to avoid passing a potentially fatal mitochondrial disease to their child ...
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Could gene editing have saved Charlie Gard?

Ricki Lewis | 
The British infant died of a mitochondrial disease as news broke that US scientists had successfully edited a human embryo ...
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Anti-aging hormone boosts cognitive abilities in mice – could humans be next?

Kendra Pierre-Louis | 
[Klotho is] a naturally occurring hormone in the body. More than two decades ago, Japanese researchers discovered that this hormone ...
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Viewpoint: Don’t expect the first CRISPR baby to be born in the US

Jim Kozubek | 
The media well and truly pricked up its collective ears when US geneticist Shoukhrat Mitalipov last month showed that he ...
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11 things CRISPR gene editing has helped us achieve this year

Brad Bergan | 
The CRISPR//Cas9 gene editing tool has quickly earned a reputation as a revolutionary technology, and its merits support the clout ...
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Harvard’s George Church: CRISPR could give us pig-to-human organ transplants within 2 years

Gina Kolata | 
In a bold scientific step that helps open the door to organ transplants from animals, researchers at Harvard and a ...
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Why use gene editing on human embryos when other options are available?

Josh Baxt | 
Researchers in the U.S. and South Korea have shown that gene editing can correct a genetic disorder in an embryo. Using CRISPR-Cas9, ...
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Genome destruction: CRISPR used to remove entire Y chromosome in mice

Kerry Grens | 
Researchers have managed to wipe out an entire mouse chromosome using CRISPR-Cas9. They aimed numerous double-strand breaks at either the ...
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CRISPR revolution: How scientists are turning gene-editing hype into food and medical breakthroughs

Ian Haydon | 
The powerful gene-editing tool is becoming ubiquitous, appearing in the media with ever increasing frequency. But it's more than just ...
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