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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 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

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

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

Human Nature film review: Telling the CRISPR story with wit and verve

27 November 2019

How much do you really know about the revolutionary gene-editing technology called CRISPR? A sharp independent film will have you up to speed in no time, finds Simon Ings in his latest column

Handheld device could detect CRISPR bioweapons before they spread

13 March 2019

Bits of DNA known as gene drives that force themselves through a population could be use maliciously, but thankfully there is a way to detect them before they spread