Human Gene Editing
‘Hello World!’ Bacterial DNA combines CRISPR and electricity to store data. Here’s what that means
A study published on January 11 in the journal Nature Chemical Biology details how the researchers led by Columbia University ...
Delay aging and extend our lifespans? Gene therapy might be able to do that
How many aging-promoting genes are there in the human genome? What are the molecular mechanisms by which these genes regulate ...
Tasty gluten-free bread and peanut allergy pills: How CRISPR is solving basic problems with our food system
People will make do with gluten-free baked goods if they must, but the springiness of wheat is sorely absent. “It’s ...
Viewpoint: How might the Biden Administration regulate heritable human gene editing?
The new Biden-Harris Administration faces a number of harrowing challenges in which science and technology policies will be critical. Along ...
Eugenics? As embryo screening opens-wide the door to manipulate human traits, notions of normalcy and deviancy, fitness and disability, are changing
With the dramatic expansion of new blood tests, many more pregnant mothers are testing their fetuses for 'defects' such as ...
Viewpoint: The Holocaust throws a long shadow over human gene editing research
The scientific racism and eugenic delusions that led to the Holocaust are widely eschewed by members of human genetics and ...
Diseases once thought incurable are now on the cusp of treatments. It’s because of CRISPR. Here’s a primer
Like many other advances in science and medicine, CRISPR was inspired by nature. In this case, the idea was borrowed ...
Are we ready for therapeutic gene editing of embryos?
[W]e know that natural nonsense mutations in the PCSK9 gene protect against high cholesterol. Subsequent work has led to PCSK9 ...
Inherited blindness has a new cure, thanks to CRISPR
In recent months, even as our attention has been focused on the coronavirus outbreak, there have been a slew of ...
Video: How will CRISPR and other forms of gene editing revolutionize our world?
Gene editing has the potential to eliminate genetic diseases and save lives. But one scientist has crossed an ethical line ...
Gene editing: Playing God or repairing a ‘natural system’ that has gone haywire?
With CRISPR, biologists have already created—among many, many other living things—ants that can’t smell, beagles that put on superhero-like brawn, ...
Gattaca or life-saving? Can we—should we—use CRISPR to edit human embryos, sperm or eggs to cure diseases?
The startling announcement by He Jiankui [two years] ago that he had created the first genetically modified human beings unleashed a ...
Want to breed a horse that’s disease free and can run faster? CRISPR may offer that possibility
Argentine researchers have successfully edited the genes in an equine embryo, raising the possibility of producing horses with custom-designed DNA ...
400 children worldwide are born each year with ‘fast-aging disease’ – Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. Now CRISPR offers hope
[R]esults from a new study have inspired hope for treating children born with progeria, a rare, fatal, genetic disease that ...
CRISPR, forests and climate change: Gene editing poised to engineer faster growing, carbon sucking trees—if activists don’t block it
For years, scientists have recommended planting more trees to fight climate change. With more trees, the rate of photosynthesis will ...
Will gene editing human embryos ever be safe?
Debates continue about whether the societal risks of heritable genome editing are too great to proceed, as do calls for ...
We may have a CRISPR cure for red blood diseases sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia
Sickle cell anemia and thalassemia are genetic diseases that result in the production of anomalous hemoglobin (protein that carries oxygen) ...
100+ countries have outlined legal restrictions on editing human embryos. Here’s a guide
Discussions and debates about the governance of human germline and heritable genome editing should be informed by a clear and ...
18 months later, first sickle cell patient treated with CRISPR is still pain free
[35-year-old Victoria] Gray is the first person in the United States to be successfully treated for a genetic disorder, [sickle ...
7,000 and counting – That’s how many diseases are linked to mutations that could be corrected with gene editing
Researchers have already identified DNA errors as the cause of nearly 7,000 diseases. Thankfully, the growing world of genome editing could ...
Genetically modified tomato developed to naturally produce Parkinson’s fighting L-DOPA drug
The John Innes Centre led team modified [a] tomato fruit by introducing a gene responsible for the synthesis of L-DOPA ...
5 ways CRISPR has begun changing the world
[W]hile thousands of life scientists pivoted to trying to understand how the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on the human body, and others transformed their ...
PEW global survey: Caution about research on gene editing, but wide support for treating diseases in human embryos
Global publics take a cautious stance toward scientific research on gene editing, according to an international survey from Pew Research ...
China attempting to develop ‘biologically enhanced super soldiers’, US spy chief claims
China has conducted "human testing" on members of the People's Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with "biologically enhanced ...
Podcast: How do COVID vaccines work? CRISPR kills cancer; Danish study debunks mask mandates?
The leading COVID-19 vaccines are RNA-based immunizations and the first of their kind. How do they work, and are they ...
As the CRISPR revolution advances, here’s how gene editing will actually help farmers and consumers
2020 has been an eventful year for gene editing. The recent Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier ...
Kevin Davies’ ‘Editing Humanity’ explores the CRISPR revolution and the ethical dilemmas that await us
We cannot rewind the tape of life to see how we might have been and whether humans are inevitable products ...
