CRISPR
Trump administration aims to boost farming, medical innovation with streamlined biotech rules
Trump administration officials say they are committed to reducing regulatory barriers to agricultural biotechnology as part of a larger strategy ...
CRISPR-edited foods could hit grocery stores in Japan by late 2019
Genetically modified food products using a specific kind of technology may hit store shelves in Japan within this year amid ...
California man invites scientists to experiment with CRISPR on his rare disorder
On one level, Malakkar Vohryzek always knew what was wrong with him. For as long as he can remember — ...
Science journals should publish negative results to speed technological advances, CRISPR expert urges
Near the end of April, my colleagues and I published an unusual scientific paper — one reporting a failed experiment ...
Viewpoint: The key to ethical human germline editing is ‘slow science’
The hubris of some scientists knows no bounds. Less than a year after He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, drew scorn ...
Will the future of CRISPR babies be decided by Russian president Vladimir Putin?
The future of genetically modified babies may lie in the hands of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg reported over the weekend ...
Debate over GMO, CRISPR crop rules ‘essential’ as EU agriculture adapts to changing climate
In the hot summer of 2018, German farmers received €340 million in drought aid, and it will certainly not be ...
Organic industry opposes CRISPR gene editing to preserve its ‘natural’ farming methods
During a hearing earlier this summer, U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary Greg Ibach expressed interest in opening the discussion surrounding ...
Researcher backtracks on study suggesting He Jiankui’s controversial CRISPR babies will have shorter lifespans
A scientific study published this past spring came with damning implications for Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who created the world’s first ...
Viewpoint: EU does world’s GMO, CRISPR crop research but blocks implementation while other nations benefit from the technology
The story of agricultural biotechnology in the EU started with high hopes and expectations 25 years ago, when Belgian Professor ...
Gene-editing technology creates ‘difficult ethical questions and moral dilemmas’
Emerging gene-editing technology is raising questions around the world about the ethics of altering the structure of life: DNA. From Europe ...
CRISPR could save the lives of sick children by tweaking the embryos of their siblings
[Tweaking an embryo’s DNA can] help save someone who is already alive. Take the case of Jessica and Keith, a ...
Sustainable bacon: CRISPR-edited pigs could survive deadly disease, but public support key to success
Genome editing could be a ‘key tool’ in improving the efficiency of UK pig production and could help in tackling ...
Biotech startups challenge multinational seed company market domination with CRISPR
Inari, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, plans to use the total $144 million it has raised so far to develop crops ...
Using CRISPR to improve accuracy of cancer-fighting drugs
Cancer drug developers may be missing their molecular targets—and never knowing it. Many recent drugs take aim at specific cell ...
World’s favorite banana faces extinction. Are GMOs, CRISPR the final hope?
The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on. The Colombian government confirmed [in August] that a banana-killing fungus has ...
Viewpoint: How organic industry opposition to CRISPR gene editing encourages pesticide use
The organic food movement has a bigger problem than the double standard it relies on to attack synthetic chemicals ...
Former EU food safety commissioner: Europe can’t afford to ignore the crop gene editing revolution
Debate on new breeding techniques is intense. Sometimes dubbed by their opponents as the “new GMOs” who raise concerns over ...
‘Abstinence vs. innovation’: What Amazon fires can teach us about GMO, CRISPR-edited crops
The Amazon rainforest fire debate is another edition of “abstinence vs. innovation” (here’s the aviation edition). Global agro-consumption and demand for ...
Uncovering cancer’s history: CRISPR turns cells into ‘molecular recorders’ to track cell changes
Cancer’s impenetrable secrets partly rely on its mysterious molecular history. As cells turn to the dark side, a whirlwind of ...
Viewpoint: ‘GMO’—the dirty three-letter word used to demonize life-saving biotechnology
The demonization of this technology funds numerous NGOs and has even become a cottage industry ...
CRISPR gene editing poised to streamline next ‘agricultural revolution,’ plant scientists say
As a growing population and climate change threaten food security, researchers around the world are working to overcome the challenges ...
Organic Farmers Association rejects USDA offer to discuss benefits of CRISPR gene editing
Organic grower groups on Sept. 17 wrote they are strongly opposed to opening a formal dialogue about allowing gene-editing in ...
CRISPR breakthrough — gene edited lizards
According to a study published in the journal Cell Reports [August 27], a group of scientists at the University of Georgia successfully ...
Viewpoint: Activist myth-making, anti-science lobbying undermine Uganda’s path to food security
The president's trepidation about crop biotech is science-free and largely due to the influence of Western environmental groups ...
Video: Talking CRISPR challenges with Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna, winner of the 2018 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, talks to Scientific American about what it’s like to work in perhaps the ...
Viewpoint: Public supports CRISPR, gene drives to battle infectious disease, plant pests—despite activist opposition
Consumers are less wary of biotechnology when they know how it's being deployed ...
