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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

Tales of hybrid super-mosquitoes produced by a GM trial in Brazil are way off the mark – but our careless ways do create mutants that harm us, says Michael Le Page

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Why genetically modified 'golden rice' failed to conquer the world

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Why genetically modified 'golden rice' failed to conquer the world

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Genetically modified virus may shrink incurable brain cancers

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Genetically modified virus may shrink incurable brain cancers

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Handheld device could detect CRISPR bioweapons before they spread

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Modified genes on DNA

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Human genome editing is here – now we have to decide who is in charge

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eyeball

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Gene therapy for common cause of sight loss tested for first time

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medical capsules

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Engineered bacteria could mop up toxic ammonia in the human gut

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cells

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Genetic disorders should be the focus of CRISPR gene editing trials

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human organs

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Baboons live for months after getting genetically modified pig hearts

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babies

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There won't be many more gene-edited babies just yet - here's why

The news of gene-edited twins is more likely to have a chilling effect on research into the technique used than to open the floodgates to millions more edited babies

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Why was HIV chosen as the first target for embryo gene editing?

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The gene editing revelation that shocked the world

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Gene editing is so easy to do that we couldn’t stop it if we wanted to

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Gene-editing experiment widely criticised for safety and ethics issues

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