Gene Editing
Want consumers to embrace CRISPR? Don’t call it a gene-editing ‘revolution,’ explain its agricultural benefits
How can you talk to consumers about gene editing when most have little understanding of how plants are bred? The ...
Viewpoint: We need ‘public buy-in’ before moving forward on human gene editing
In response to [China's controversial CRISPR babies], the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), the Chinese Academies of ...
New technique may yield gene-edited plants in a few weeks, instead of 9 months
A University of Minnesota research team recently developed new methods that will make it significantly faster to produce gene-edited plants ...
New CRISPR tool pinpoints potentially harmful off-target edits more efficiently
With the first CRISPR gene editing therapies now in clinical trials there is an increased urgency to be able to ...
Bacterial DNA found in gene-edited dairy cow could slow development of more CRISPR animals
Many scientists and animal breeders are keenly interested in directly altering a portion of an organism’s genome to incorporate specific ...
Viewpoint: Science denialism threatens the potential of gene-edited crops
Undermining science that does not fit into one's intellectual or political framework is dangerous ...
High yielding, gene-edited potato could help prevent future french fry shortages
Panic is setting in about a potential french fry shortage in the near future, due to a poor potato harvest ...
Brave new world? Why the public might be ready for gene-edited babies
Gene-editing tools like CRISPR/Cas9 are rapidly bringing the possibilities forward ...
Is there a place for CRISPR gene editing in organic farming? Many farmers say ‘yes’
Denying ourselves these benefits to protect distorted ideas about what's 'natural' is nonsensical ...
CRISPR-edited sorghum could provide needed protein to 500 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa
RESEARCHERS have achieved a major breakthrough in sorghum, elevating the protein of the globally important cereal crop from 9-10 per ...
Biotech industry fears Canada’s uncertain CRISPR crop rules will slow farming innovation
Canada is falling behind other jurisdictions in providing clarity on how it will regulate new crop varieties developed through gene ...
Access to plant genetic data sparks conflict between rich, poor countries trying to breed climate-resilient crops
Ahead of renewed negotiations to revise a global treaty in Rome on [November 11], rich and poor countries are at ...
New gene-edited canola variety resists deadly disease, expected to drastically boost crop yields
Three new traits for canola, which can increase crop yields and reduce harmful environmental impacts, has been developed by Cibus, ...
5 classic American foods CRISPR gene editing could protect from climate change, declining yields
Football is back.... Here are five tailgating classics that gene editing could improve: Beer Anyone who has ever watched Super ...
Viewpoint: World must embrace CRISPR, synthetic biology to boost food production in the face of climate change
New breeding technologies may hold the key to preventing a global “push into poverty.” ...
Viewpoint: Developing countries need GMO, gene-edited crops to solve food security challenges
With a ballooning population and climate change, genetic engineering is needed now more than ever ...
CRISPR immunizes rice, staple crop consumed by billions, against devastating bacterial infection
Genome editing has made one of the world’s most important crops resistant to a devastating bacterial infection. ... The researchers ...
4 innovations—including stronger gene-editing skills—that would allow us to rewrite genomes from the ground up
The ability to read genomes has transformed our understanding of biology. Being able to write them would give us unprecedented ...
CRISPR crops, precision medicine could fuel 17.2% annual growth in North American gene-editing research
"The growth of the genome editing market is primarily attributed to the rise in the production of genetically modified crops ...
‘Hacking the Code of Life’: How gene editing will lead to disease cures and nutritionally enhanced food
In “Hacking the Code of Life,” Nessa Carey explores new technology offering the power to alter the genome with increasing ...
Podcast: Plant diseases destroy $220 billion worth of crops annually. Meet the scientists fighting to protect our food supply
Looking at the massive selection of goods available in US grocery stores, most consumers likely don't realize just how hard ...
New CRISPR tool promises ability to reduce unintended consequences to almost zero, treat expanded range of diseases
A new form of the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 appears to significantly expand the range of diseases that could be treated ...
Max Planck Society backs CRISPR crops, rejects human germline editing
As an organization of basic research, the Max Planck Society bears a special responsibility for the use of new scientific ...
Experts ‘overwhelmingly’ endorse CRISPR-edited crop safety, but politics could stifle technology’s progress
Genome edited crops pose marginal risk, yet regulations tend to discourage their use ...
CRISPR pigs can survive deadly disease, but regulatory uncertainty slows development
Cutting-edge gene-editing techniques such as Crispr-Cas9 will enable scientists to make precise genetic changes to pig physiology, they say, leading ...
Podcast: 4 CRISPR experts on how gene editing is changing the future of food
You've probably heard the hype: CRISPR will revolutionize biotech .... But what is CRISPR—and what's it doing in our food? ...
CRISPR-edited foods could hit grocery stores in Japan by late 2019
Genetically modified food products using a specific kind of technology may hit store shelves in Japan within this year amid ...
