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Did China’s CRISPR babies have their brains enhanced? It’s possible.
The brains of two genetically edited girls born in China last year may have been changed in ways that enhance ...
Fears that China has used prisoners’ organs for transplants prompts call for retraction of more than 400 scientific papers
A world-first study has called for the mass retraction of more than 400 scientific papers on organ transplantation, amid fears ...
Viewpoint: Biologist Craig Mello knew about the CRISPR babies. Why his silence was ‘not acceptable’
The Associated Press reports that Nobel laureate and biologist Craig Mello was aware of a pregnancy in China involving gene-edited ...
Amid growing tensions with US, China poised to accelerate GMO crop imports, boost trade with Brazil
Brazil and China are expected to hold their first high-level political and economic talks since 2015 later this year, Brazil’s ...
China’s latest ‘ethical mess’: Cloning diseased gene-edited monkeys
Chinese researchers have cloned five gene-edited monkeys with a host of genetic disease symptoms, according to two scientific papers published ...
China’s approval of 5 GMO crop imports could fuel investment boom in biotech research
Lost in the news of contentious U.S.-China trade disputes was a meaningful regulatory approval that will improve agriculture around the ...
Why it was no surprise that controversial CRISPR babies happened in China
The headline-making births last November of the world’s first gene-edited babies (twin girls) was unsurprising in one way: The scientist ...
Chinese scientist behind CRISPR babies committed crimes, will be punished, China says
The scientist responsible for creating the world’s first genetically modified babies violated government bans and committed fraud, according to Chinese ...
‘Family duty’ could explain why so many Chinese couples signed up for controversial ‘CRISPR baby’ experiment
Young adults in China feel a powerful cultural obligation to marry and have kids, but that life plan suddenly looks ...
China is growing crops on the moon in preparation for its proposed lunar base
There’s cotton growing on the far side of the moon—the first time plants have sprouted there. On January 3, a ...
New cousin to deadly Ebola virus discovered in bats in China
The notorious filovirus family — which includes such dangerous actors as the Ebola and Marburg viruses — seems to just keep ...
Controversial Chinese gene-editing scientist downplays reports suggesting he could face death penalty
The Chinese scientist who shocked the world in November by announcing that twin girls had been born from embryos that he had created ...
Could open source indoor farming help us feed 10 billion people?
Paul Gauthier, a plant physiologist at Princeton University, took a short drive up the New Jersey Turnpike to try to ...
Could controversial gene-editing scientist He Jiankui face the death penalty in China?
The Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genetically edited babies is living under armed guard and could face the ...
China’s decision to import next generation US-grown GMO herbicide-resistant crops will help American farmers struggling to fight hardy weeds
China’s approval of new genetically engineered crops will open a new front in U.S. farmers’ long-running war against hard-to-kill weeds ...
China approves import of 5 GMO crops for animal feed, first since 2017
China has approved the import of five genetically modified crops, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a ...
Chinese scientists aren’t keeping tabs on experimental gene therapy patients, report says
Gene therapies are very much at their preliminary stages of development, so it would make sense to keep tabs on ...
Can we meet a growing need for food without destroying our environment?
'Sustainable intensification' takes the best ideas from conventional and organic farming ...
‘Less expected’: China condemns research yielding gene-edited babies
On Nov. 26, U.S.-trained, Shenzhen-based He Jiankui announced that he’d altered the genes of a human embryo to create the ...
What the CRISPR babies can teach us about the failings of ethical oversight
This isn't just about process, about ethical boxes left unchecked ...
Controversial Chinese scientist behind CRISPR babies is missing
The current whereabouts of He Jiankui—the scientist who claims to have engineered the world’s first genetically modified human babies—is unknown ...
Genetically modified humans? Here’s why they already exist
It felt as if humanity had crossed an important line: In China, a scientist named He Jiankui announced on Monday ...
Viewpoint: What FDA’s Scott Gottlieb is missing in the gene-edited baby debate
I am a huge fan of FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. ... But in his comments on the news that gene ...
Geneticist George Church on why gene-edited babies aren’t such a bad thing
[Editor's note: Harvard geneticist George Church has come to the defense of Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who shook up the science ...
Viewpoint: Let’s hope the Chinese gene editing fiasco doesn’t lead to a cruel and unnecessary ban on germline gene therapy
A backlash could be hugely counterproductive. So let's start with the facts ...
China halts human gene editing in wake of controversial trial resulting in birth of twins
The Chinese government on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to research activities for people involved in the editing of human ...
Controversial Chinese scientist defends gene-edited babies: ‘I feel proud’
The Chinese scientist who sparked an international outcry after alleging to have helped create the world's first genetically edited babies, ...
