Human Gene Editing/CRISPR
CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna on why we need human gene-editing regulations
In this episode of Reset, host Arielle Duhaime-Ross talks with Jennifer Doudna about the promise and peril in CRISPR’s future, what’s ...
Targeting blindness with CRISPR: Doctors attempt first editing of genes inside a human body
For the first time, scientists have used the gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to edit a gene while the DNA ...
Building ‘better’ astronauts through genetic engineering could be key to colonizing other planets
Through genetic engineering, we will one day have the ability to thrive in harsh alien environments ...
More precise cancer treatments may be possible by pairing CRISPR with genetic sequencing
In search of new ways to sequence human genomes and read critical alterations in DNA, researchers have successfully used the ...
Bill Gates: AI, gene editing could help us reach global health goals ‘exponentially’ faster
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20 ...
Infographic: What the US public thinks about tinkering with human genetics
The Pew Research Center published a fascinating roundup of studies that revealed the opinions of the U.S. public on a ...
Podcast: How ‘anti-CRISPR’ viral proteins can fine-tune gene editing in medicine and agriculture
Researchers hope to exploit this viral countermeasure to regulate gene editing and minimize unintended mutations during the editing process ...
Revamped CRISPR could be more accurate and effective against human diseases, including sickle cell anemia
CRISPR is not perfect. Base editors (think of them as gene-editing pencils) can rewrite individual DNA letters. They home in ...
Dreaming of hypoallergenic cats and how CRISPR could ‘come to the rescue’
Given that just two genes are responsible for making cats a problem for many people, it seemed like a no-brainer ...
Why China scientist’s CRISPR baby scandal won’t be the last ethical ‘grenade’ for human gene editing
Over the next two years, via a series of stakeholder meetings and online consultations, talks with ethicists, academics, patient groups, ...
Immunotherapy breakthrough? CRISPR-edited immune cells proven safe for use in cancer patients in early stage trial
Now for the first time in the U.S., researchers say they’ve shown that CRISPR-edited immune cells can be safely given ...
‘Excitement is finally catching on’: Why RNA editing may be more promising than CRISPR
CRISPR editing — at least as a therapeutic technique in people — has turned out to be more difficult than ...
CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna opposes germline-editing moratorium: ‘We’re going to have to figure it out’
Jennifer Doudna wears her responsibility lightly. The scientist who co-discovered Crispr does not appear to be weighed down by the ...
Can we engineer soldiers to be immune to chemical attacks?
Despite international bans, some countries, such as Syria, use deadly nerve agents against enemy soldiers and civilians. Existing treatments for these ...
Mosquitoes engineered to resist dengue could become gene drive weapon against the deadly disease
Locked in a secure lab near Melbourne is the newest addition in the fight against dengue: genetically engineered mosquitoes that ...
GLP’s Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index: Will politicians embrace innovation or fear?
We hope this gene editing regulation tracker and index will encourage science-based scrutiny and advocacy ...
Developing a ‘kill switch’ to make CRISPR gene editing more precise—and safer
[Microbiologists] stumbled onto tools now known as anti-CRISPRs. These proteins serve as the rocks to CRISPR’s molecular scissors. And soon, ...
We have the power to wipe out mosquitoes and malaria—but is that a good idea?
Gene drives have yet to be tested outside the lab, and even the most developed project to date — the ...
Viewpoint: In the face a gene-editing revolution, President Trump should push for moratorium on human germline editing
In the face of the rapid development of the most powerful technologies ever invented — CRISPR germline gene editing, “artificial ...
Why it’s so difficult for human embryos to survive CRISPR gene editing
CRISPR may one day wipe out devastating genetic diseases throughout entire family lines, or even the human race. But to ...
Viewpoint: In 100 years, we’ll be honoring controversial CRISPR scientist He Jiankui
When I saw the news that He Jiankui and colleagues had been sentenced to three years in prison for the first human ...
2019 offered ‘eclectic’ mix of potentially breakthrough treatments for genetic diseases, from cystic fibrosis to sickle cell
2019 was a very good year for new treatments of genetic diseases ...
Would the US prosecute a rogue scientist like China’s He Jiankui who illegally gene edited an embryo?
13 months after He Jiankui announced that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies, the Chinese scientist was sentenced to ...
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 ...
Viewpoint: There’s a repeatability problem with CRISPR experiments. Only ‘self-governance’ can fix it
Many scientists assume that if a chunk of a gene is missing then the protein that it encodes will not ...
CRISPR gene editing’s ‘prime’ upgrade could snip out 89% of genetic diseases
The new editing technique has the capability to introduce specified changes to the DNA: mutations, deletions, and insertions of new ...
Here’s a virus that CRISPR can’t touch—it could help researchers gain better control of the gene-editing tool
Bacteria and phages are likely locked in an arms race. The former evolve new kinds of scissor enzymes, and the ...
‘CRISPR this, CRISPR that’: Is our fascination with the popular gene-editing tool distracting us from the potential of gene-silencing RNAi technology?
I hope the public fascination with CRISPR can also embrace the other biotechnologies providing new therapeutic options ...
