CRISPR
6 June 2019
CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world.
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Two molecules could give us finer control over CRISPR gene editing
2 May 2019
Molecules that act like off switches for CRISPR may one day be used as a drug to make gene editing therapies safer and less likely to cause unwanted mutations
Albino lizards are the world’s first genetically modified reptiles
3 April 2019
CRISPR gene editing has been used to create genetically modified reptiles for the first time. The breakthrough could help us study certain eye disorders
Giant viruses have weaponised CRISPR against their bacterial hosts
30 March 2019
Hundreds of giant viruses that infect bacteria have been discovered. Some seem to deploy CRISPR – the system used for gene editing – to fight their hosts
Powerful whole-species gene editing tool fails first tests in mice
23 January 2019
A gene drive for mice could be very useful for studying diseases, but does not work nearly well enough to work as a tool for eliminating invasive rodents
Researcher who created gene-edited babies has been fired
22 January 2019
He Jiankui has been dismissed by the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen after a preliminary investigation by provincial authorities
Creation of gene-edited babies in China may have been illegal
21 January 2019
A report from the Chinese state news agency says that researcher He Jiankui's work was conducted "illegally", though the consequences of this are as yet unclear
We've been using CRISPR for years - now we know how it really works
13 December 2018
We can now predict what changes the CRISPR gene editing technique will make to targeted DNA - a finding that will make the tool more powerful than ever before
Gene editing is so easy to do that we couldn’t stop it if we wanted to
5 December 2018
Scientists worldwide were shocked by the announcement of the world’s first gene-edited babies last week. Better regulation is necessary – but will be difficult
‘Scientists are now very sure that the babies really were gene-edited’
29 November 2018
He Jiankui has now presented his controversial work at a gene editing summit in Hong Kong. CRISPR expert Helen O’Neill of University College London was there
