Human Gene Editing
Two of a kind? Twins offer unique glimpse into human development
In the world of genetics, identical twins offer a valuable source for study. And they've shown that our genetic makeup ...
Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – Nov. 6, 2017
Viewpoint: Why GMO crops are planet’s best ecological choice | Eshna Gogia When genetic engineering came of age: World’s first GMO—GE ...
CRISPR gene-edited cassava could help stave off food crisis in Nigeria
Cassava brown streak disease can keep a cassava farmer awake at night. It can lead to complete crop loss, is difficult to ...
‘Designer babies’ are coming soon, but who gets to have them?
Designer babies are coming in 20 to 30 years. Your children will be able to select, to some degree, their ...
Safer CRISPR? Cas13 version edits RNA, not DNA
CRISPR, while a major leap forward in gene editing, can still be a blunt instrument. There have been problems with ...
‘Chemical surgery’ could treat diseases by fixing genetic mutations
A breakthrough in “chemical surgery” that can correct a type of genetic mutation behind a host of diseases has been ...
Fighting malaria: Bacteria targets parasites in mosquito gut
Using a bacteria strain that colonizes the mosquito digestive tract and spreads rapidly throughout the populations, scientists have successfully inhibited ...
Bioethics: What are CRISPR’s real threats and rewards?
[S]cientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research participated in an international think tank this month ...
Should the government regulate gene-edited crops?
“They call us the food police.” That’s how Greg Jaffe described his work as director of biotechnology for the Center for ...
Biohackers help ‘patient’ inject himself with experimental HIV treatment—live on Facebook
[Tristan] Roberts is about to inject himself with an experimental gene therapy for HIV, a DIY prototype treatment designed by ...
Viewpoint: European anti-tech groups threaten to derail CRISPR gene editing in agriculture
The political decision of how to regulate gene editing and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) will determine whether Europe becomes ...
Should we use gene drives to eradicate rats and other pests?
The CRISPR gene editing tool enables very precise changes to the genetic composition of its host. While the technology is ...
CRISPR 2.0 ‘base editing’ arrives and it’s an even more remarkable disease-fighting tool
You’ve probably heard of the molecular scalpel CRISPR-Cas9, which can edit or delete whole genes. Now, scientists have developed a ...
CRISPR gene editing takes on HIV
Researchers at UCSF have received a three-year, $1.6 million grant to advance their work using novel gene-editing technology to make ...
How will the EU regulate new crop breeding techniques like CRISPR?
Developments in genetic coding techniques open the doorway to crops that produce higher yields or have positive characteristics, such as ...
Healthy bacon? Headlines mislead on Chinese CRISPR gene-edited low-fat pigs
On October 23, Chinese scientists published a paper heralding a truly remarkable feat: Using the genome-editing technique CRISPR, they created 12 healthy ...
Protecting against cancer: What can we learn from animals who live for centuries
There are an increasing number of genetic clues from animals that could provide hints to treating aging and age related ...
How epigenetics is linked to drug resistance
Scientists at Vanderbilt University say they have discovered a nongenetic cause of resistance to cetuximab, a therapeutic that is used ...
CRISPR gene editing of the brain could open research floodgates
[Researchers] at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) have developed a new tool that, for the first time, ...
Deteriorating bio-libraries house thousands of disappearing cultures and deadly diseases
Freeze-dried and locked away in liquid nitrogen–filled vaults around the world are hundreds of thousands of microbial cultures. In the ...
Another year, no CRISPR Nobel Prize
[Editor's note: Aaron Dy is a PhD student in biological engineering at MIT.] To most of us, the question for ...
CRISPR crop: Disease-resistant cassava staple could help tackle hunger in Africa
To prove that a new-gene editing technology could be used to alter the cassava plant, scientists in the St. Louis ...
Time to stop treating men and women the same when it comes to drug treatments
Studies have shown that males and females metabolize drugs differently, suggesting we should be spending more time studying those differences ...
Big data meets CRISPR: ‘Cloud biology’ platform could speed up gene editing crop improvement
Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company, reports the launch of Edit, which is powered by CropOS™, a computational platform ...
Food industry aims to win public trust of CRISPR gene-edited crops and animals
There’s a genetic technology that scientists are eager to apply to food, touting its possibilities for things like mushrooms that ...
Pro fighters monitored to shed light on early signs of trauma-induced brain damage
Researchers have enrolled close to 700 mixed martial arts fighters and boxers, both active and retired, in the past six years ...
Why we shouldn’t be afraid of human gene editing
[Editor's note: Dave Gammon is an associate professor of biology at Elon University.] Many feel a visceral dread that scientists ...
