CRISPR
Let’s say we can force the mosquito into extinction — should we do it?
Not many people like mosquitoes. So why not eliminate them? Newer techniques like CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing may make this possible ...
Should Europe’s 17-year-old GMO regulations apply to CRISPR-edited crops?
Dutch Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten said recently that CRISPR gene editing is indispensable for making agriculture more sustainable. Using this new technology, ...
FDA reaffirms much-criticized plan to regulate genetically engineered animals as if they were a drug
FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has doubled down on his agency’s failed policy for regulating an entire sector of biotechnology — the ...
Viewpoint: ‘Heritage’ of emotional decision-making fuels EU’s opposition to biotech crops
As Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American politician and diplomat famously put it, “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are ...
Advances in technology spur calls for EU law amendments around GMOs
Researchers have come forward in support of a recent proposal from The Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, to ...
Are GMO critics more open to gene editing that targets plant and human diseases?
The early generations of transgenic plants focused primarily on increasing productivity, either by reducing pest damage or increasing yields by ...
BRCA mutations can be deadly or harmless. Now CRISPR can tell the difference
CRISPR has many emerging applications, one of which is identifying dangerous breast cancer mutations ...
Explaining CRISPR gene editing to beginners is no easy task
[MIT grad student Avery] Normandin was surrounded by an entirely different kind of laypeople. These folks — or at least ...
13 nations say it’s time to end ‘political posturing’ and embrace crop gene editing
Agricultural scientists have been excited about gene editing since it debuted several years ago. The technology dramatically cuts the time ...
FDA plan to regulate a gene-edited animal as a ‘drug’ will ‘choke’ research, experts say
Despite the Trump administration's calls to increase innovation in biotechnology in a new draft proposal, experts say the classification of genetic editing ...
Viewpoint: Why the West should worry about losing the gene-editing race
I fear that the West is losing today’s version of the “space race” — this one to use and control gene ...
Animal biotechnologist Alison Van Eenennaam questions FDA plan to classify CRISPR gene-edited animals as drugs
The [FDA in 2019] will roll out several guidance documents meant to provide “intensive assistance” for navigating its guidelines for ...
CRISPR gene editing could fuel fight against evolving cotton pests
[B]ugs are biting back by adapting to crops genetically engineered to kill them. A new study published in the Proceedings of ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s GMO process-based crop regulations are a great way to kill innovation
In 2002, Europe establishing a new regulatory agency, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to resolve its regulation problems regarding ...
Why the patent system could help shape the future of gene editing
A crucial part of the arsenal for shaping the future of gene editing is hiding in plain sight: the patent ...
CRISPR gene editing could save pigs from devastating disease
As flu season rears its ugly head, humans aren’t the only ones on the virus’ warpath. Pigs are also vulnerable ...
Countering the impact of climate change through new breeding techniques
It is imperative that we breed new varieties of plants to make agriculture more sustainable, given increasing food demand and ...
Viewpoint: Experts need to engage, educate the public on benefits of animal gene editing
Gene editing shows considerable potential for improving animal health and welfare and food safety while reducing dependence on antimicrobials and ...
Promising treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy developed with CRISPR gene editing
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a life-threatening muscle-wasting illness. Occurring mostly in males, it is the most common type of muscular ...
How one plant scientist challenges the ‘natural is better’ myth
Paul Vincelli spends a good deal of his time talking to the public about genetic engineering so it’s not surprising ...
CRISPR gene editing offers hope for struggling French seed maker Vilmorin
U.S. sanctions against Iran and a slide in Turkey’s currency are contributing to an uncertain short-term outlook for seed maker ...
EU parliament urged to reverse de facto ban on gene-edited crops
The European Union Court of Justice’s (ECJ) recent decision that new gene-editing techniques must go through the same lengthy approval ...
Boosting crop yields by using genetic engineering to help plants discard natural toxins
Can you imagine the entire population of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom and France going hungry? ...
Stephen Hawking’s warning: Gene-edited ‘superhumans’ threaten the rest of humanity
The late physicist and author Prof Stephen Hawking has caused controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy ...
Excessive regulation, trade wars may give rise to black market for biotech crops, experts say
The rise in global trade wars and the recent EU decision to classify new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) as genetically ...
CRISPR could help combat bovine tuberculosis—disease that costs farmers $3 billion annually
Recombinetics announced [October 16] the launch of TARGET-TB, a tripartite collaborative research project with University College Dublin in the Republic ...
Viewpoint: Success of first ever gene-edited soybean exposes folly of EU’s hostility to crop biotech
In the US, genome-edited crops have been grown and harvested for the first time – soybeans with a changed and ...
