CRISPR
CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna: Clinical human gene editing 5 to 10 years away
A pioneer of the Crispr gene-editing technology that’s taken Wall Street by storm says the field is probably five to 10 years ...
Can CRISPR help us stop wasting so much food?
CRISPR. It’s not what’s for dinner. Not yet, at least. But the hot genetic editing technology could be instrumental in ...
GMO critics in Germany seeking special tax in bid for greater control over biotech offerings
With a new initiative, NGOs in Germany are seeking authority over the approval of biotechnology products such as pharmaceuticals and ...
UK could retain Europe’s strict regulations on GMO crops following Brexit
In a position paper, [published August 23rd] the government said that EU GMO rules would continue to apply in the U.K ...
Base Editing: New CRISPR technique could improve ability to safely edit human embryos
A new CRISPR technique could prevent humans from passing on a potentially life-threatening disorder, according to Chinese researchers. An estimated ...
Following America’s lead, Japan won’t regulate gene-edited crops as GMOs
A government panel has decided not to regulate some genome editing procedures. The latest technology involves changing an organism's genomes ...
A more modest goal for CRISPR: Making chemotherapy ‘a bit less terrible’ for patients
Ambitious efforts to prevent or beat cancer are important, but we can’t overlook or undervalue the incremental breakthroughs that could ...
Europe’s decision to reject gene edited crops signals it is losing its commitment to sustainable agriculture
At the same time as Swedish agriculture is affected by the worst drought in recent memory, the European Court of ...
Viewpoint: Why we shouldn’t be deterred by CRISPR’s ‘rollercoaster year’
Despite spooking investors, new insights into DNA repair and the CRISPR gene-editing system are part and parcel of its progress ...
The next food revolution: Brought to you by CRISPR gene editing
Crispr has the potential to boost yields, disease resistance, and taste, and even tackle allergens like gluten. It could radically ...
Biotech startups race against ‘Big Ag’ to develop gene-edited crops
Calyxt Inc, an eight-year-old firm co-founded by a genetics professor, altered the genes of a soybean plant to produce healthier ...
Rekindling the debate over using CRISPR to edit human embryos
Facing criticism from fellow scientists, the researcher behind the world’s largest effort to edit human embryos with CRISPR is vowing ...
When is it ok to edit the genome of a human embryo? Americans have mixed opinions
We’ve reached the point in scientific and technological advancement that editing our own genomes, or those of humans not yet ...
CRISPR may help pave the way to cross-species organ transplants
Modern transplant technology is already pretty miraculous. Doctors can transfer anything from faces to hands to genitals between patients, keep ...
Agricultural firm Simplot receives first commercial license for CRISPR gene editing, focusing on cutting waste
A multinational agricultural company based in Idaho has acquired gene editing licensing rights that could one day be used to ...
What is CRISPR? And why should you care?
If you haven’t heard of CRISPR yet, the short explanation goes like this: In the past six years, scientists have ...
Low cholesterol oil? Indian scientists developing CRISPR gene-edited groundnut
Soon, weight watchers and those with high cholesterol won’t have to think twice before picking up the jar of groundnut ...
Using CRISPR to map human gene functions
UC San Francisco scientists have used a high-throughput CRISPR-based technique to rapidly map the functions of nearly 500 genes in ...
How bacterial CRISPR defense systems are defeated by suicidal virus attacks
The natural world abounds with examples of predators that cooperate to take down their prey. And such teamwork also exists ...
Viewpoint: Europe may miss CRISPR gene-editing revolution in agriculture, but that won’t stop its progress
Had gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 been exempt from the same stringent guidelines in place for conventional genetic technology, it would have ...
CRISPR: How gene editing could provide clean water, cut pesticide use and protect the environment
CRISPR has been making headlines for its potential to treat or prevent diseases. But medicine isn’t the only science where ...
Science setback? What’s next now that European court rules gene-edited crops are GMOs?
With the European court ruling that CRISPR crops and other gene-edited foods must be treated as classic transgenic GMOs, scientists worry ...
Video: Inside the quest to improve farm animal welfare by tweaking their genes
For nine nerve-racking months beginning in the summer of 2014, Dan Carlson waited for his lab experiments to be born ...
Viewpoint: Intellectual property tug-of-war could hinder the CRISPR gene-editing revolution
Conservative estimates place the value-added of [intellectual property] on the American economy at nearly $1 trillion annually... ... Take, for instance, ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR crops have a chance to avoid the trust issues that plague GMOs
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on [July 18th] released a report on how to address the most pressing problems of American ...
European court appears poised to rule that gene edited crops should not be regulated as GMOs
Gene editing in agriculture takes centre stage [July 25th] when Europe’s highest court rules in a case that could determine ...
CRISPR-edited seeds ‘personalized’ for individual farms could boost worldwide food production
The seeds farmers plant in their fields can carry certain desirable traits, such as drought tolerance or pest resistance. Breeding ...
