UK may allow gene editing of crops and livestock following Brexit

8 January 2021

The UK government is exploring the use of gene editing to modify food crops because the technique can improve the nutrition of crops through tiny DNA changes

CRISPR safety switch can make cells self-destruct if they go rogue

21 February 2020

A genetic tweak can make cells self-destruct in the presence of CRISPR and could be used to make cells tamper-proof or shut them down if they go wrong

How we're using CRISPR to fight cancer

2 December 2019

Molecular biologist Fiona Behan reports on how the CRISPR gene-editing technique can find cancer’s weak points, identifying targets for new drugs

Genetics

7 June 2019

CRISPR

6 June 2019

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world.