Human Gene Editing/CRISPR
Should CRISPR be used to resurrect passenger pigeons, woolly mammoths and other extinct species?
The planet is getting warmer, we're poisoning insect populations with reckless abandon and pulling fish out of the ocean at ...
Why CRISPR patents matter to a world worried about designer babies, rogue scientists and curing disease
In the midst of widespread disapproval of creating “designer babies,” fear of rogue scientists editing the genome of future generations, ...
Scientific, social and ethical barriers must be overcome before the world is ready for CRISPR babies, researchers say
Nature asked researchers and other stakeholders what hurdles remain before heritable gene editing could become acceptable as a clinical tool ...
Podcast: Talking CRISPR with controversial biohacker Josiah Zayner
Is biohacking a crime? Who came up with the latest CRISPR trick? And did Rage Against the Machine sell out? ...
Like it or not, the ‘Pandora’s box’ of gene-edited babies has been opened
Denis Rebrikov is the head of a genome-editing laboratory at the Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Russia’s largest ...
US patent office reopens Broad Institute—University of California CRISPR patent dispute
The U.S. patent office has declared an interference between a dozen key patents awarded to the Broad Institute on the ...
Why we can’t do anything about a Russian scientist’s plans to create more CRISPR babies
Two influential leaders in science for the first time publicly condemned a Russian biologist who said he plans to produce ...
Genetic engineering goes to Hollywood: 10 movies you’ll love and more that you’ll hate
Get to know 26 films and TV shows that feature gene editing ...
Viewpoint: We don’t need another study to convince us that gene-edited babies are a bad idea
He [Jiankui] attempted to disable a gene called CCR5 by producing a variant that has been shown to confer resistance ...
Monkeys given gene-edited pig organs in quest to address human transplant shortage
In 2017, Harvard University geneticist George Church predicted that gene-edited pig organs would be transplanted into people within two years—maybe ...
‘Jumping genes’ may help CRISPR make precision edits of disease-causing DNA
[In a 2017 study] four biologists wrote that “it has not escaped our notice” that a funny little “jumping gene” ...
Another CRISPR controversy brews as Russian scientist announces plans to produce gene-edited babies
A Russian scientist says he is planning to produce gene-edited babies, an act that would make him only the second ...
Do China’s controversial CRISPR babies illustrate the need for an ‘undo button’?
Will CRISPR-in-the-clinic come with a fail-safe mechanism? ...
Viewpoint: ‘Greed and profit’ will drive human gene editing unless we develop strong regulations
We may now be on the verge of adding germline engineering to the menu of available reproductive services, that will, ...
CRISPR babies with ‘protective’ HIV mutation could have shorter life span
When the Chinese scientist He Jiankui created the first gene-edited children, he dreamed of improving the world. He believed the ...
Congress renews ban on editing human embryos, despite calls from scientists touting research benefits
A House committee on Tuesday [June 4] restored to pending legislation a ban on altering the genomes of human embryos ...
Video: Weaponizing CRISPR against superbugs
Bladder infections, like many others, are increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics. "We are getting to the point where there are ...
Meet the new generation of young biotech entrepreneurs
Crispr had no obvious relevance to human health when it was first described in 1987, but [Jennifer] Doudna, who won ...
Why this lesser-known CRISPR sibling could be a key tool in fight against drug-resistant bacteria, viruses and parasites
A “highly specific and programmable” CRISPR tool could become one of our main tools for fighting pathogens ...
Inside US quest to develop a ‘2020 vision for genomics’
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is nearing the halfway point of a major strategic planning process, one that ...
‘Safe Genes’ and the search for a CRISPR undo button
Just half a decade after CRISPR’s discovery, DARPA initiated the Safe Genes program: a collaboration between seven of the world’s leading gene ...
Viewpoint: We aren’t prepared to ‘responsibly’ handle a genetic engineered future
The news last November that a rogue Chinese scientist had genetically altered the embryos of a pair of Chinese twins ...
Washington Post editorial: We have an ‘urgent need’ for international rules on gene-edited babies
WHEN CHINESE scientist He Jiankui announced last November his experiments making heritable genetic changes in human embryos followed by live ...
‘Brazen’ biohacker under investigation by California health officials for ‘genetic self-experimentation’
Prominent genetic "biohacker" Josiah Zayner is under investigation by California state officials for practicing medicine without a license. Zayner has ...
Viewpoint: We should be careful about ‘crossing the germline’ in gene editing humans
CRISPR gene editing has the possibility to transform disease management, but we can't be scared of editing somatic cells ...
Hacking the Code of Life: A primer for a general audience on the ‘powers and pitfalls’ of gene editing
For people in a hurry, Nessa Carey here provides a primer on the powers and pitfalls of gene editing. [Her ...
Would ‘designer babies’ herald a new era of eugenics?
September [2018] saw the announcement from scientists of the first manufacture of human egg cells in the lab. … Despite the apparent ...
Geopolitics of gene editing
For a handful of countries, gene editing is key to their future power ...
