Overfishing and climate change have decimated Japan’s fishing industry. Gene edited fish is poised to rescue it

Overfishing and climate change have decimated Japan’s fishing industry. Gene edited fish is poised to rescue it

Kristin Houser | 
Fishing plays an important role in Japan’s economy and food supply, but overfishing and climate change have caused wild populations ...
‘Food without fresh water’: If ocean levels rise, farms around the world could be flooded with salt water. Here’s how we could keep crops alive

‘Food without fresh water’: If ocean levels rise, farms around the world could be flooded with salt water. Here’s how we could keep crops alive

Teresa Carey | 
When irrigation water is introduced to a field, plants absorb the water, or it evaporates into the atmosphere. But the ...
Just one gene could restore the American chestnut — a tree that reckless humans once all but destroyed

Just one gene could restore the American chestnut — a tree that reckless humans once all but destroyed

Teresa Carey | 
An American nurseryman introduced the Japanese chestnut tree to the eastern U.S., accidentally introducing a blight fungus along with it ...
Why researchers are vacuuming ‘environmental DNA’ from the sky

Why researchers are vacuuming ‘environmental DNA’ from the sky

Teresa Carey | 
Scientists have been using environmental DNA (eDNA) for more than 10 years to measure biodiversity and discover new species, often ...
African scientists have created a CRISPR-edited banana that's resistant to a disease ravaging farms across the continent

African scientists have created a CRISPR-edited banana that’s resistant to a disease ravaging farms across the continent

Kristen Houser | 
Banana xanthomonas wilt (BXW) is a bacterial disease that spreads easily and kills any banana plant it infects — farmers' ...
Intellia’s disease-eradicating CRISPR tool is injected directly into the bloodstream. Here’s why that’s such a big deal

Intellia’s disease-eradicating CRISPR tool is injected directly into the bloodstream. Here’s why that’s such a big deal

Kristen Houser | 
CRISPR gives us the ability to correct genetic mutations, and given that such mutations are responsible for more than 6,000 ...
Billions of baby male chicks are slaughtered every year because they can’t lay eggs. Here’s how CRISPR gene editing could prevent them from being culled after birth

Billions of baby male chicks are slaughtered every year because they can’t lay eggs. Here’s how CRISPR gene editing could prevent them from being culled after birth

Teresa Carey | 
The problem: Chick culling is the practice of killing small, day-old male chicks with a variety of fairly gruesome methods ...
New hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients? CRISPR cured a mouse — and humans could be next

New hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients? CRISPR cured a mouse — and humans could be next

Teresa Carey | 
DMD is a fatal — and currently incurable — genetic condition that causes the body's muscles to deteriorate over time.  ...
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