CRISPR
CRISPR’s lengthy patent legal battle could finally end—in a tie
Like a couple of heavyweight boxers who just keep slugging it out, the University of California Berkeley (UCB) and the ...
Gene editing police? World Health Organization may take on the job
Who’s going to police CRISPR? That was the cry of many scientists after news broke at the end of last ...
PR battle between biotech industry, anti-GMO activists could determine fate of CRISPR gene-edited crops
In the grocery store of the future, consumers might shop for tomatoes with the spiciness of a chili pepper....and bread ...
‘Genetic crapshoot’: Two studies suggest clinical use of CRISPR hampered by off-target editing
The version of CRISPR whose selling point has been its precision suffers, ironically, from the same shortcoming that has dogged ...
Biotech experts say gene-edited plants will yield greater benefits than GMOs or conventional crops
Here we present the results of an expert survey on the added potential benefits of genome-edited crops compared to those ...
UN: ‘Unintended consequences’ of CRISPR gene editing among top 5 ’emerging’ environmental concerns
Genetic engineering, the consequences of thawing permafrost soils and the fragmentation of animal and human habitats through gigantic construction projects ...
Can vaccines be supercharged by CRISPR, creating ‘one-and-done’ virus protection?
Vaccines are risky or ineffective in people with compromised immune systems, they don’t even exist for several viral diseases, and ...
How plant pollen could speed development of higher yielding CRISPR-edited crops
The genome editor CRISPR has transformed many areas of biology, but using this tool to enhance certain varieties of crops ...
Biotech industry, USDA hype CRISPR gene-editing benefits to avoid second GMO safety debate
The U.S. agriculture industry is trying to get ahead of any backlash over gene-edited foods and win over the public ...
Lassa epidemic: Nigeria uses CRISPR to get early jump on viral outbreaks
An epidemic of Lassa fever in Nigeria that has killed 69 people this year is on track to be the ...
EU’s prohibitive gene-editing rules spur unprecedented backlash from plant scientists, crop biotech firms
The controversial decision by the European courts [in July 2018] to regulate gene edited organisms as GMOs has already had ...
Why gene editing isn’t ready for treating human disease: It’s not ‘efficient enough’
Gene editing will likely always come with a bit of risk; when you're cutting and pasting DNA in millions of ...
Pioneering ‘refugee’ from gene therapy’s darker days ‘kept the faith’
Gene therapy, now a pillar of biotechnology with the potential to cure deadly diseases, was once a cautionary tale of ...
Nanotubes and CRISPR gene editing could make producing disease-resistant crops faster and cheaper
Inserting or tweaking genes in plants is more art than science, but a new technique developed by University of California, ...
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 ...
Rare brain disorder—Angelman syndrome—could be treated with gene therapy in the womb
Scientists are developing a radical form of gene therapy that could cure a devastating medical disorder by mending mutations in the brains ...
First gene-editing experiments on adults suffering from rare metabolic disorders offer promising early results
In late 2017, scientists first began attempting to edit the genes of adults to treat rare genetic disorders. Preliminary results ...
Infographic: Are genetically engineered crops less safe than classically-bred food?
Crops and foods today are not what they used to look like. Farmers and plant breeders have been modifying plant ...
What’s the future of human gene editing? Balancing ethical and religious concerns with evidence-based uses of genetic technologies
The November announcement of CRISPR-created babies provoked an intense uproar from scientists, ethicists and the public alike. Fears of independent ...
Gene drives reach their next frontier: Mammals
Tiny snippets of engineered DNA, gene drives are nuclear-grade powerhouses that utterly destroy the rules of inheritance. Rather than the classic ...
Public opposition to promising CRISPR gene-editing technology is ‘tragic,’ biotech experts say
In one version of the future, beef and dairy animals are disease-free, fruits and vegetables are resistant to viruses, potatoes ...
Podcast: Here’s why scientists don’t call genetically modified plants ‘GMOs’
GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, and CRISPR – which stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, are used to ...
Gene editing, novel baking ingredients could make bread safe for millions of consumers who can’t eat carbs
Ah, bread....There are whole diets built around avoiding carbs and gluten in bread — sometimes by choice, sometimes by medical ...
University of California Berkeley scores win in CRISPR patent rivalry
The University of California will soon be granted a potentially valuable patent on the revolutionary gene-editing technology known as CRISPR, ...
Many people are confused and concerned about human gene editing. They might just need a ‘better understanding’ of how it works
Genome editing has struck a public nerve in a more profound way than most new medical technologies ...
What the CRISPR baby controversy can teach us about ethics through the ages
[H]ow should we assess the ethics of new biomedical procedures when we know that society’s views may change? More specifically, ...
Scientists battle for consumer approval as crop gene-editing revolution advances
Genome, or gene, editing is regarded by scientists as the biggest technical advance in bioscience since “recombinant DNA” technology — ...
