CRISPR
Podcast: A brief history of CRISPR gene-editing—and how it could change our food supply
Vegetables engineered with the gene-editing technology Crispr are moving closer to supermarket shelves. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided ...
Obesity and diabetes cure? CRISPR might be used to ‘silence’ key gene found in unhealthy fat
The gene FABP4 is highly active in adipose tissue and known to be a major contributor to obesity and related ...
‘More versatile and less error prone’ SATI gene editing could eventually replace CRISPR
[S]cientists at the Salk Institute have developed a potential game changer in this field – a new gene editor called ...
‘Permanent fix’ for melanoma, blindness, sickle cell? CRISPR gene editing tackles diseases
In the past 12 months, four clinical trials launched in the United States to use CRISPR to treat and potentially cure patients ...
CRISPR gene editing protects apples from orchard-destroying fire blight disease
The bacterium Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease in apple, triggers its infection through the DspA/E effector ...
Fear of CRISPR-edited crops driven by ‘socio-political factors,’ not science, biotech experts say
It should come as no surprise that innovation is linked to uncertainty, especially when its effects are wide-ranging and can ...
‘Huge step’ for synthetic biology: CRISPR upgrade allows editing of larger genome fragments ‘with ease’
Imagine a word processor that allowed you to change letters or words but balked when you tried to cut or ...
Viewpoint: FDA animal gene-editing rules boost food waste, stifle US agriculture research
A proposed U.S. regulatory framework for how the FDA treats gene-edited livestock may do more than put U.S. livestock producers ...
Cloning tool spots ‘foreign DNA,’ minimizes off-target changes with CRISPR gene editing
Researchers from Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain and Durham University in the UK developed a tried and tested cloning system ...
‘Patchwork’ of global gene editing regulations will harm seed production, group warns
Failing to harmonize international regulations around the use of gene editing in agricultural production will hurt seed production globally ...
How CRISPR could help eradicate chronic pain
The street performer was only 10 years old. He put knives through his arms and walked on hot embers. By ...
CRISPR creates ‘smart’ hydrogels that could lead to therapies capable of fighting multiple infections, diseases
Is there anything CRISPR can’t do? Scientists have wielded the gene-editing tool to make scores of genetically modified organisms, as ...
Bacterial gene found in CRISPR-edited cow DNA raises new regulatory hurdles for animal gene editing
They were the poster animals for the gene-editing revolution, appearing in story after story. By adding just a few letters ...
We can identify ‘bad’ genes. Why can’t we use CRISPR gene editing to get rid of them?
Gene therapy 2.0 using CRISPR to knock out harmful genes sounds is a great idea--if and when it works. But ...
CRISPR and other new breeding techniques could be key to unlocking potential of global wheat production
Scientists and policy makers are calling for wider use of new breeding techniques ...
Gaming for catastrophe: Bioterrorism could create a pathogen ‘far worse than nature ever could’
In the darkened ballroom of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C., some of the finest minds in government are ...
Brazil plan to breed gene-edited dairy cattle on hold after bacterial DNA found in animal’s genome
Up until a few months ago, Brazil was all set to create the country’s first herd of genetically dehorned dairy ...
CRISPR gene editing speeds efforts to breed disease-resistant wheat, cut nitrogen pollution
Researchers from around the globe gathered in Saskatoon [in August], focused on making wheat more efficient and sustainable using the ...
‘Sputnik 2.0’: China wants to lead the world in CRISPR research
China is seeing an explosion in CRISPR-based animal studies and embracing the gene-editing technology with unrivaled zest and zeal—so much ...
CRISPR breathing new life into wheat and other crops—can it avoid GMO controversy?
The food industry is hopeful the new gene-editing technology can help create new crop variants without running into the activist ...
Answering key questions about CRISPR gene therapies
What is gene editing? Genome editing (also known as gene editing) is a group of technologies that provide scientists with ...
CRISPR-edited wheat resists humidity damage, could yield higher quality flour
Scientists have created a rain-resistant wheat variety using genome-editing technology, a breakthrough that could lead to the development of higher-quality ...
CRISPR ‘put to the test’ against inherited blindness, blood disease. Next up Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis
Since its debut in 2012, CRISPR gene editing has held the promise of curing most of the over 6,000 known ...
CRISPR guacamole, anyone? Gene-edited avocados could survive disease, cold climates
Researchers from Texas Tech University and the University of Buffalo have studied avocados in a way that is best described as ...
Viewpoint: Organic food movement ‘shoots itself in the foot’ by rejecting CRISPR gene editing
By making rejection of technology part of their 'brand,' organic food producers may put themselves at a severe competitive disadvantage ...
‘We simply don’t yet know enough’: International commission urges caution with human germline editing
Using CRISPR in a heritable way raises the stakes exponentially ...
We’re unlikely to cure Alzheimer’s with CRISPR. But the gene-editing tool could play a crucial role.
Nearly 6 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease without solid treatment options ...
