World’s first CRISPR therapy greenlit
Jen Jiang reports on a revolutionary gene editing therapy to treat beta-thalassaemia and sickle cell disease.
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CRISPR and viruses: How phages can weaponise the popular gene-editing tool
Izzie Farrance reports on new research finding that bacteriophages can weaponise the CRISPR gene-editing system against competing viruses.
Are GMOs safe? The debate over genetically altered foods
Isabel Schmidt discusses GMO crops and the debate about their safety.
Human genome editing is here—and you’re right to be wary.
Frederico Caso Human genome engineering has long sounded like a concept out of a Sci-Fi movie; believed to be possible sometime soon, but difficult to imagine happening right now. While engineering of the human genome might appear an implausible feat, over the last 20 years technological advancements have been turning this concept into a concrete reality….
Gene Editing: Now that we can – should we?
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”. 25 years on, this quote from Jurassic Park by the great Jeff Goldblum rings truer than ever. While every great scientific advancement experiences some level of discussion and controversy, no field attracts more debate than that…