CRISPR gene-editing urgently needs an off-switch – now we have one
13 January 2021
Making changes to genes with CRISPR has the potential to cure diseases and feed the world, if we can learn to control it. Now it looks like viruses hold the solution
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Feng Zhang interview: CRISPR can fight covid-19 and climate change
7 October 2020
CRISPR gene editing is already treating disease. But there’s far more it might do, from fighting cancer and covid-19 to putting the brakes on climate change, says Feng Zhang, a pioneer of the technique
The ethics issue: Should we let synthetic life forms loose?
5 July 2017
New forms of life could help tackle problems from famine to global warming, but releasing them into the wild raises biosafety concerns
