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CRISPR-edited poplar trees (left) and unedited poplar trees (right)

CRISPR-edited trees reduce the energy and water required to make paper

13 July 2023

Genetically editing poplar trees reduces the resources required to harvest their wood's cellulose, which makes up paper
Hiroshi Ezura, a professor of genetic engineering at the University of Tsukuba, with his genome edited tomato plant (Naoki Shoji).

2021 in review: CRISPR-edited food goes on sale to public

15 December 2021

In September, GABA-enriched tomatoes in Japan became the first foods modified by CRISPR gene editing to go on sale to the public
CRISPR gene editing used to store data in DNA inside living cells

CRISPR gene editing used to store data in DNA inside living cells

11 January 2021

Biologists have used CRISPR gene editing to store information inside DNA in living bacterial cells, which could become a storage medium of the future

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