CRISPR
UK’s John Innes Centre seeks approval to test gene-edited wheat designed to combat anemia
Researchers at the John Innes Centre have applied to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for consent ...
Diagnostics, drug discovery, disease: How CRISPR is solving medicine’s biggest problems
This is the public face of genome editing or, as it is sometimes called, gene editing: a technology capable of ...
‘Family duty’ could explain why so many Chinese couples signed up for controversial ‘CRISPR baby’ experiment
Young adults in China feel a powerful cultural obligation to marry and have kids, but that life plan suddenly looks ...
Peach-flavored strawberries, disease-resistant bananas? How genetic engineering is shaking up our fruit supply
New [fruit] varieties created through genetic editing and engineering promise to beat disease, and offer enticing new flavors. ... Genetically ...
Video: EU Parliament member calls for ‘pragmatic’ debate about crop gene editing in Europe
Dutch MEP Jan Huitema spoke before the Agriculture Committee of the EU Parliament on January 7. He called for a ...
CRISPR-edited plants aren’t GMOs—and 4 other essential facts about gene editing
If you’ve been stunned by all the alarming reports of gene-edited babies, you might have the impression that the only ...
New Zealand’s strict GMO laws force researcher to test new gene-edited apple in US
The red-fleshed apples developed by Plant and Food Research’s scientist Professor Andrew Allan and his team are so contentious they’re ...
9 GLP 2018 human genetics highlights: Sen Warren’s Native American ancestry; transgender genetics; Freddie Mercury’s teeth and his voice
The top GLP stories in a very busy year for human genetics ...
Controversial Chinese gene-editing scientist downplays reports suggesting he could face death penalty
The Chinese scientist who shocked the world in November by announcing that twin girls had been born from embryos that he had created ...
Could controversial gene-editing scientist He Jiankui face the death penalty in China?
The Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genetically edited babies is living under armed guard and could face the ...
Spicy tomatoes? Scientists want to produce chili pepper metabolites in CRISPR-edited tomatoes
Surely, someone out there has cooked up a shrimp fra diavolo and thought, “mamma mia, this would be much easier ...
EU has ‘no plans’ to revise its strict regulations on gene-edited crops, European Commission official says
A European Commission official said [January 7] that Brussels has no plans to “put forward new legislative proposals” on genetically ...
7 ways biotechnology could change our lives in 2019
[Editor's note: Key researchers and scientists were asked for their thoughts on 2019.] Gene editing, food innovation, and synthetic biology ...
CRISPR ‘super-soldiers?’ Why we need international gene-editing rules
Within this century, human beings will be capable of changing their genes to modify traits like intelligence, or even instincts ...
Chinese scientists aren’t keeping tabs on experimental gene therapy patients, report says
Gene therapies are very much at their preliminary stages of development, so it would make sense to keep tabs on ...
CRISPR crops poised to revolutionize our diets by increasing fiber, vitamins and ‘good oils’
Many of today’s most prevalent health issues .... trace back to .... the food we eat. The leading cause of death ...
Audio: Crash course on the CRISPR-edited foods headed for grocery stores
Genetically modified organisms, GMOs, have been common on American farms for years. But a new generation of gene-edited food, through ...
CRISPR gene editing could turn wild plants into productive food crops
The lantern-shaped groundcherry, with its distinctive paper-thin husk, tomato-like texture and flavor akin to kiwi, seems to deserve a place ...
Animal gene editing could ‘transform’ our food supply, but will ‘questionable regulations’ block innovation?
As scientists in labs across the world create virus-resistant pigs, heat-tolerant cattle and fatter, more muscular lambs, a big question looms: Will regulation, safety ...
US regulators grapple with oversight of New Breeding Techniques (NBTs)
In the first installment of this series, we looked at the regulatory framework in the US for the products of ...
Gene-edited animals could improve agricultural productivity. But could there be unintended consequences?
The purported birth [in November] of the world’s first gene-edited human babies .... spurred a wave of global outrage .... [T]he ...
CRISPR represents potential for huge change. But will the public trust it?
The charged language around the recent gene-editing controversy is driving an inaccurate assessment of risks ...
Will we see illegal CRISPR IVF clinics in the US? Experts weigh in
The possibility of “CRISPR babies” became real [November 25], when a Chinese scientist stunned the world by announcing he’d used the gene-editing ...
Capturing a glimpse of how CRISPR could help agriculture by removing allergens and boosting nutritional quality
In a lab at George Washington University, painted lady butterflies flutter in mesh houses. This is where assistant professor Arnault ...
Cooked wheat contains carcinogen. EU’s gene-editing rules block scientists from fixing it
For nearly 15 years, Professor Nigel Halford has been trying to improve wheat. When wheat is cooked, it forms acrylamide, a ...
Viewpoint: Arguments against crop gene editing rely on ‘cherry-picking half-truths’
Critics of the use of advanced biotechnologies in the agri-food sector (“New Breeding Techniques,” comprising CRISPR) demand a strict regulation ...
Viewpoint: FDA’s plan to regulate gene-edited animals as drugs is a ‘failed policy’
Some bureaucrats in the Trump administration seem not to have gotten the memo about deregulation being good for innovation, the ...
