

A Dying Teenager’s Recovery Started in the DirtMay 9, 2019 |
One of the viruses used to treat her infections came from the side of a rotting South African eggplant
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A Dying Teenager’s Recovery Started in the DirtMay 9, 2019 |
One of the viruses used to treat her infections came from the side of a rotting South African eggplant
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UN Treaty Agrees to Limit Gene Drives But Rejects a MoratoriumNovember 30, 2018 |
Treaty’s vague language on how researchers can release engineered organisms has both opponents and supporters of the technology claiming victory
Quick ReadEven if tomato growers one day manage to produce a near-perfect fruit—one that’s beautiful, juicy, nutritious, and tasty—there’s a good chance that half a billion people would automatically be denied the chance to even try it
Quick ReadA visit to a facility in Guangdong province, where researchers are tinkering with monkey brains in order to understand the most severe forms of autism. With comments from our Jeffrey Kahn
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Genome ‘Writers’ Set Their First GoalMay 2, 2018 |
Recoding human cells to resist viruses. Its birth in 2016 was greeted with near hysteria over “secret meetings” and dire warnings about hubristic scientists creating made-from-scratch human genomes and designer babies. But two years in, an ambitious project to synthesize genomes — including human — is moving on from its shaky start and plunging in to the practical work of creating better genomes than nature
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Why CRISPR-Edited Food May Be in Supermarkets Sooner Than You ThinkJanuary 17, 2018 |
In September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the green light to a version of the plant Camelina sativa, an important oilseed crop that had been genetically engineered using CRISPR to produce enhanced omega-3 oil. What was interesting about this approval was that the USDA did not ask that the inventors of the plant endure the usual regulatory hoops required to sell biotech crops
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Bioethics in ActionJanuary 12, 2018 |
This two-part series, uses resources in The New York Times to help students explore difficult ethical questions
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You May Already Be Immune to CRISPRJanuary 9, 2018 |
The human immune system can hinder the gene-editing tool, though there could be ways around it
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