Synthetic Biology
CRISPR technology draws mounting interest from investors
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a single year, ...
Scientist who developed CRISPR reflects on year of ethical debate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some 20 months ago, ...
CRISPR named Science’s 2015 Breakthrough of the Year
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It was conceived after ...
First GM flu vaccine granted US government approval
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The FDA has now ...
CRISPR lets scientists rewrite organisms’ body plan
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The simplicity of CRISPR-Cas9 ...
Microbe ‘kill switch’ developed for safer use of engineered bacteria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Many research teams are ...
Scientists can engineer mosquitoes to render them sterile, crashing malaria carrying population
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. And now there are ...
DIY gene editing at home? ‘Farma’ kits can produce home-brewed pharmaceuticals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. MIT Media Lab graduate Will ...
Chinese cloning company: Human clones probably already possible
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Boyalife Group, a Chinese ...
How CRISPR works, according to its discoverers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At the American Society ...
New antibiotics produced by surprisingly simple method
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Slava Epstein works in ...
Home-grown sex hormones may become reality with genetically modified tobacco plant
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Transgender people may soon ...
Does germline gene editing cross evolutionary lines?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. George Church, professor of ...
Trans-species head transplant accomplished in worms
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Biologists at Tufts University ...
Can CRISPR be made even more precise?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. CRISPR, the youngest technique ...
Will gene drive safety concerns limit breakthrough research?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the late 1980s ...
Geneticists aim to eradicate malaria with genetically engineered mosquitoes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a basement on ...
Infographic: Innovation in corn crops to feed hungry world
For decades, U.S. corn yields languished at about 20-30 bushels per acre. But over time, regular investment in scientific research ...
Biohacking pioneer Ryan Bethacourt on why genetic engineering is tool for progress
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Biology ‘designers’ build new organisms by DNA swapping
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First ever artificially engineered vocal cords grown in lab
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Can insects be genetically engineered as bioweapons?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “Gene drives” have enormous ...
Bio-safety measures can keep gene drives from causing ecological havoc
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CRISPR Cas9 genome home editing kit brings genetic engineering to hobbyists
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. CRISPR genome editing is ...
Can GMOs cure cancer? Genetically engineered algae found to kill cancer cells
Scientists have genetically engineered algae, transforming them into targeted drug delivery systems to target cancer. It's worked in the lab ...
Gene editing safety regulation threatened by increasing ease of technology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The ease of use, ...
Is biotechnology ‘natural?’ Depends how you define nature
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It seems that we ...