CRISPR
US patent office reopens Broad Institute—University of California CRISPR patent dispute
The U.S. patent office has declared an interference between a dozen key patents awarded to the Broad Institute on the ...
New CRISPR-based platform detects plant pests, identifies useful traits for crop breeding
SHERLOCK technology is a new CRISPR-based platform that is rapid and portable and enables detection and quantitation of plant genes ...
Streamlining biotechnology regulations: Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to lobby Trump for joint USDA-FDA CRISPR gene editing animal oversight
Arguing against regulations classifying livestock as drugs, the National Pork Producers Council wants the Food and Drug Administration to yield ...
Trump executive order streamlining biotech rules won’t speed CRISPR animal approvals, livestock industry says
The executive order that the Trump administration announced [in June 2019] to streamline the approval process for agricultural biotechnology has ...
Why we can’t do anything about a Russian scientist’s plans to create more CRISPR babies
Two influential leaders in science for the first time publicly condemned a Russian biologist who said he plans to produce ...
Genetic engineering goes to Hollywood: 10 movies you’ll love and more that you’ll hate
Get to know 26 films and TV shows that feature gene editing ...
Viewpoint: We don’t need another study to convince us that gene-edited babies are a bad idea
He [Jiankui] attempted to disable a gene called CCR5 by producing a variant that has been shown to confer resistance ...
Gene editing could save Ghana’s cocoa from extinction, scientists say
A new study warns that climate change could drive Ghana’s cocoa (cacao) industry to extinction — a fate that scientists ...
Monkeys given gene-edited pig organs in quest to address human transplant shortage
In 2017, Harvard University geneticist George Church predicted that gene-edited pig organs would be transplanted into people within two years—maybe ...
‘Jumping genes’ may help CRISPR make precision edits of disease-causing DNA
[In a 2017 study] four biologists wrote that “it has not escaped our notice” that a funny little “jumping gene” ...
CRISPR, ‘speed breeding’ can help meet surging food demand on a warming planet
Farmers and plant breeders are in a race against time. The world population is growing rapidly .... but the amount ...
Another CRISPR controversy brews as Russian scientist announces plans to produce gene-edited babies
A Russian scientist says he is planning to produce gene-edited babies, an act that would make him only the second ...
EU vegetable oil producers join 26 farm, science organizations calling for updated CRISPR crops rules
Plant breeding innovations need to be treated differently to GMOs in order to leverage their potential to contribute to sustainability ...
Do China’s controversial CRISPR babies illustrate the need for an ‘undo button’?
Will CRISPR-in-the-clinic come with a fail-safe mechanism? ...
Viewpoint: ‘Greed and profit’ will drive human gene editing unless we develop strong regulations
We may now be on the verge of adding germline engineering to the menu of available reproductive services, that will, ...
CRISPR babies with ‘protective’ HIV mutation could have shorter life span
When the Chinese scientist He Jiankui created the first gene-edited children, he dreamed of improving the world. He believed the ...
Congress renews ban on editing human embryos, despite calls from scientists touting research benefits
A House committee on Tuesday [June 4] restored to pending legislation a ban on altering the genomes of human embryos ...
In bid for US support, French candidate to head UN agricultural agency says she’s not necessarily opposed to GMO or gene-edited crops
Europe’s candidate to run the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which guides policymakers around the world, has promised the ...
Scientific challenges to CRISPR crops ‘largely settled,’ though political, social concerns remain
Soon, soybeans will be bred to yield oil without dangerous trans fats. Lettuce will be grown to handle warmer, drier ...
Plant breeders will move CRISPR gene-editing programs out of EU without updated regulations, industry group says
A number of breeding companies have promised to relocate their advanced mutagenesis breeding programs outside Europe and others will follow ...
Meet the new generation of young biotech entrepreneurs
Crispr had no obvious relevance to human health when it was first described in 1987, but [Jennifer] Doudna, who won ...
Why this lesser-known CRISPR sibling could be a key tool in fight against drug-resistant bacteria, viruses and parasites
A “highly specific and programmable” CRISPR tool could become one of our main tools for fighting pathogens ...
14 EU nations call for ‘unified’ CRISPR crop regulation to boost sustainable farming
The Netherlands and Estonia are leading a coalition of 14 EU member states calling on the next European Commission to ...
‘Safe Genes’ and the search for a CRISPR undo button
Just half a decade after CRISPR’s discovery, DARPA initiated the Safe Genes program: a collaboration between seven of the world’s leading gene ...
Viewpoint: We aren’t prepared to ‘responsibly’ handle a genetic engineered future
The news last November that a rogue Chinese scientist had genetically altered the embryos of a pair of Chinese twins ...
‘Brazen’ biohacker under investigation by California health officials for ‘genetic self-experimentation’
Prominent genetic "biohacker" Josiah Zayner is under investigation by California state officials for practicing medicine without a license. Zayner has ...
Will GMO-wary China accept virus-resistant CRISPR pigs?
As China struggles to stem a contagious, hog-ravaging disease, a British company offers some hope. But it may first need ...
