Human Gene Editing
Biohacker: How to genetically modify yourself
“What we’ve got here is some DNA, and this is a syringe,” Josiah Zayner tells a room full of synthetic ...
Should the European Union relax GMO clinical trial guidelines?
Four organisations representing pharmaceutical firms, biotech companies, universities, and research institutes are calling on the European commission to update, streamline ...
‘Final-cause thinking’: Does biology and evolution need to be ‘purposeful’?
In the world of evolutionary biology, in particular, there is still a huge amount of final-cause thinking, despite the fact ...
CRISPR technologies could help ecosystems cope with climate change
Could an ingenious new technology save humanity from its greatest act of planetary self-harm? It may sound like something out ...
New, hyper-accurate CRISPR gene editor developed
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a key region within the Cas9 protein ...
Disease-resistant GMO tomato that could eliminate need for copper pesticides blocked by public fears
Field trials have shown that a disease-resistant GMO tomato variety eliminates the need for copper pesticides that pollute soil and ...
Inserting CRISPR machinery into human cells to fight Huntington’s and Lou Gehrig’s
The gene-editing tool CRISPR is based on a natural defense system embedded in bacterial cells that recognizes and destroys invading ...
University student reflection: Let’s take a balanced ethical and scientific look at genetic engineering
Rapid advancements in the realm of gene editing are raising all sorts of questions with social and ethical implications. But ...
Controversial CRISPR gene-editing paper draws ‘editor’s note’
[Editor's note: The paper in question detailed the use of CRISPR to correct, in human embryos, a gene that causes ...
Viewpoint: We need to change the way autism research is funded
[Editor's note: John Rodakis is the founder and CEO of N of One: Autism Research Foundation.] Robert Naviaux, a professor ...
CRISPR shows promise against a ‘range of disorders’ in animal studies
The race is on to edit the DNA in our body to fight or prevent disease. Promising results from animal ...
Beyond designer babies: What’s the future of ‘bio-modifications’?
Vanderbilt University professor Michael Bess's presentation, “Our Grandchildren Redesigned,” was presented at the Dawn or Doom conference on [September 27]. Bess ...
What do Germany’s election results mean for GMOs, gene-edited crops?
As Germany reels from an unexpected surge for the far right in the 24 September elections, researchers don’t expect much ...
CRISPR ear injections repair genetic hearing loss in mice
We all know that CRISPR is the next big thing in gene-editing treatments. But how do you get the versatile genetic scissors ...
Creating ‘super wheat’: Genetic modification supercharges photosynthesis
A growing global food demand is challenged by the problem of limited crop-growing space. Could GMO-edited wheat meet this need ...
Edible ‘CRISPR pill’ could make harmful bacteria self-destruct
As resistance to antibiotics grows in the U.S., researchers are looking for new ways to fight germs like Clostridium difficile, a ...
Insomnia cures: Do drug remedies provide the kind of sleep that our brain needs?
People spend billions on sleep remedies. The act of sleep and artificially assisting sleep are not on the whole a ...
CRISPR gene-edited wheat safe for celiac sufferers on horizon
People forced to avoid gluten could soon have their bread (and cake) and eat it. Now there are strains of wheat that ...
Using Zika in the fight against deadly brain cancer
With traditional cancer-fighting tools--surgery, radiation and chemotherapy--proving ineffective against glioblastoma tumors, researchers are exploring an unconventional treatment using a weakened ...
Upchuck factor: Alcoholism targeted with novel gene therapy
Researchers are exploring the use of a naturally occurring mutation that causes people to get sick after drinking alcohol. The ...
David Gorski: Rigvir ‘virotherapy’ another unproven alternative medicine cancer therapy
[Editor's note: Dr. David Gorski, MD, PhD, FACS is a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.] [Cancer ...
Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – Sept. 25, 2017
Intensive modern farming, not organics, credited with reducing greenhouse gases | Andrew Porterfield CRISPR opens window into early stages of human ...
CRISPR may allow us to choose the color of butterfly wings
Only nature can paint the gorgeous colors and patterns on a butterfly’s wings. But scientists said... they have mastered the ...
CRISPR opens window into early stages of human embryo development
Work in the UK involving CRISPR and human embryos illustrates the value of the gene editing technique in basic research ...
‘Designer babies’ just around the corner? More scare than science
As CRISPR technology advances, old fears about 'designer babies' resurface. But we are a long way from being able to ...
Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – Sept. 18, 2017
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO online series promotes fear and ‘less sustainable’ farming | Alison Van Eenennaam Will the public embrace CRISPR to ‘edit ...
Genetics and obesity: Expanding waistlines can’t be blamed on poor lifestyle choices alone
The sources of obesity look more biological, and less psychological, which opens new avenues toward addressing the crisis. Finding answers ...
