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Researchers in Seattle, Washington developed a new technique to artificially create antibodies by editing the DNA of so-called B cells.

Health & Medicine

CRISPR Could Make You Immune to the Flu

By Victor Tangermann

Napster Co-Founder Chides Elon Musk: Worry About Gene Editing, Not AI

Napster Co-Founder Chides Elon Musk: Worry About Gene Editing, Not AI

By Jon Christian

Researchers have proven that we can use CRISPR to create gene drives for mice, opening up a wealth of new possibilities for the technology.

Science & Energy

Gene-Hacking Breakthrough Could Nix Mammals’ Ability to Reproduce

By Kristin Houser

Stanford University is currently investigating three scientists who either knew about or were involved in He Jiankui's infamous CRISPR baby research.

Stanford Probes Faculty Who Knew About Gene-Hacked Chinese Babies

By Dan Robitzski

A team from UC Berkeley has discovered that CasX could be a better CRISPR protein for human gene-editing than the commonly researched Cas9.

Prosthetics and Devices

Tiny New CRISPR Protein Could Make Human Gene-Hacking Less Risky

By Kristin Houser

A do-it-yourself biohacker named Bryan Bishop says that he's working on technology to gene-hack designer babies. He says he has a customer lined up.

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Rogue Bitcoin-Funded Biohacker Wants to Gene-Hack Designer Babies

By Jon Christian

A U.S. biologist is gene-editing human embryos, but unlike Chinese research He Jiankui, this scientist isn't trying to create any designer babies.

Prosthetics and Devices

Another Scientist Is Gene-Editing Human Embryos — but More Ethically

By Kristin Houser

He Jiankui, who drew criticism when it emerged that he gene-edited babies, told an adviser about the work many months before it became public.

Prosthetics and Devices

Nobel Prize Winner Knew About Gene-Edited Babies, Kept Quiet

By Jon Christian

A team of Chinese scientists just unveiled five cloned monkeys produced from the cells of a monkey whose genes they edited with CRISPR-Cas9.

Science & Energy

Chinese Scientists Cloned Gene-Edited Monkeys With Horrifying Results

By Kristin Houser

According to a Stanford doctor who knows He Jiankui personally, the woman carrying the second gene-edited fetus should be 12-14 weeks pregnant by now.

Health & Medicine

Next Gene-Edited Baby Due in Six Months, Scientist Says

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review

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Chinese Gov: Doctor Who Gene-Edited Babies Forged Ethical Review

By Kristin Houser

Scientist repurposed CRISPR to develop better antibiotics

Science & Energy

Researchers Repurposed CRISPR to Help Develop Better Antibiotics

Robin Lovell-Badge, the geneticist who recently said the infamous geneticist He Jiankui may face the death penalty, now dials back his speculations.

Prosthetics and Devices

Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies Rejects Death Penalty Rumor

By Dan Robitzski

Ball and chain.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Gene Edited Babies Is Being Held By Mysterious Guards

By Dan Robitzski

The majority of U.S. adults would support gene editing embryos to protect babies against disease, according to a new poll.

Poll: Two Thirds of Americans Support Human Gene Editing to Cure Disease

By Jon Christian

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Reportedly Lost Track of Gene-Edited Patients

By Kristin Houser

Mutated Animals Show Why Gene Editing Isn’t Ready for Human Trials

Mutated Animals Show Why Gene Editing Isn’t Ready for Human Trials

By Kristin Houser

He Jiankui, the researcher behind the controversial gene-editing of a pair of twin babies in China, is currently nowhere to be found.

Prosthetics and Devices

The Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Is Missing

By Kristin Houser

Those CRISPR Baby Experiments Were Just Banned By The Chinese Government

Health & Medicine

Those CRISPR Baby Experiments Were Just Banned By The Chinese Government

By Dan Robitzski

A scientist who claims to have gene-edited babies made his first public appearance since the existence of the babies became public.

Prosthetics and Devices

Researcher Who Gene-Edited Babies Answers Critics: “I Feel Proud”

By Jon Christian

Upon hearing the news that a child with a CRISPR-altered genome was born a few weeks ago, genetics researchers around the world condemned the experiment.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Around the World Condemn That CRISPR Baby Experiment

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene-editing clinical trial, still shrouded in secrecy and surrounded by questions, allegedly resulted in living people with boosted HIV resistance.

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Claim to Have Gene-Edited Human Babies For the First Time

By Dan Robitzski

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Health & Medicine

Gene Therapy Could Become as Easy to Get as a Flu Shot

By Kristin Houser

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5

Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Used CRISPR to Domesticate This Delicate Fruit

Scientists Used CRISPR to Domesticate This Delicate Fruit

By Dan Robitzski

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Scientists Wiped Out a Mosquito Population by Hacking Their DNA With CRISPR

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have used a CRISPR technique called base editing to effectively repair the mutation that causes Marfan Syndrome.

Science & Energy

A New CRISPR Technique Let Researchers Repair a Genetic Mutation in Viable Human Embryos

By Kristin Houser

Two teams of researchers have used gene-editing tool CRISPR to decrease the number of chromosomes in baker's yeast from 16 to one or two.

Science & Energy

Engineers Use CRISPR to Create A New Species With Just One Chromosome

By Kristin Houser

According to Europe's highest court, gene-edited crops are genetically modified organisms and should be regulated the same way as GMOs.

Science & Energy

Gene-Edited Crops Are Officially GMOs, European Court Rules

By Kristin Houser

Synthetic Biological Weapons May Be Coming. Here’s How To Fight Them.

Synthetic Biological Weapons May Be Coming. Here’s How To Fight Them.

By Dan Robitzski

CRISPR Doesn’t Cause Unintended Mutations in Monkeys, Study Finds

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CRISPR Doesn’t Cause Unintended Mutations in Monkeys, Study Finds

By Kristin Houser

UC Berkeley Finally Scores a Win With Two CRISPR Patents

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UC Berkeley Finally Scores a Win With Two CRISPR Patents

By Kristin Houser

CRISPR Could Help Us Cure Diseases. It Could Also Cause Cancer.

CRISPR Could Help Us Cure Diseases. It Could Also Cause Cancer.

By Kristin Houser

The FDA Puts the Brakes on A Major CRISPR Trial in Humans

Health & Medicine

The FDA Puts the Brakes on A Major CRISPR Trial in Humans

By Kristin Houser

Gene-Editing Technology Is About To Affect Your Shopping Cart

Gene-Editing Technology Is About To Affect Your Shopping Cart

By Dan Robitzski

Our Bodies Aren’t Built to Have Babies on Mars – So Let’s Alter our DNA

Our Bodies Aren’t Built to Have Babies on Mars – So Let’s Alter our DNA

By Kristin Houser

At-Home CRISPR Kit Will Diagnose You Better Than WebMD

Health & Medicine

At-Home CRISPR Kit Will Diagnose You Better Than WebMD

By Kristin Houser

The First “Cell-Free” CRISPR Tech Is Here To Personalize Cancer Treatment

The First “Cell-Free” CRISPR Tech Is Here To Personalize Cancer Treatment

By Kristin Houser

USDA Announces Super-Chill Stance on Gene-Edited Crops

USDA Announces Super-Chill Stance on Gene-Edited Crops

By Kristin Houser

A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.

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A Journal Retracted A Controversial Paper About CRISPR. The Damage Might Already Be Done.

By Kristin Houser

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Science & Energy

Gene Editing Is Now Precise Enough to Modify a Single Letter of DNA

By Chelsea Gohd

Susceptible to Heart Disease? Gene Editing Could Change That

Surprise! It’s a Bad Idea to Hack Your Body, Says Prominent Biohacker

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Surprise! It’s a Bad Idea to Hack Your Body, Says Prominent Biohacker

By Alexandra Ossola

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Chinese Doctors Are Using Modified T-Cells to Treat Advanced Forms of Cancer

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Health & Medicine

A New Tool Uses CRISPR to Uncover Genetic Mutations and Infections

Masters of Our DNA: Designer Bodies Are Not Science Fiction

Masters of Our DNA: Designer Bodies Are Not Science Fiction

By Jolene Creighton

A CRISPR Future: Five Ways Gene Editing Will Transform Our World

A CRISPR Future: Five Ways Gene Editing Will Transform Our World

By Victor Tangermann

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The First American CRISPR Trial in Humans Will Target Cancer

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New CRISPR Gene Editing Experiment Slows Down Hearing Loss

The First CRISPR Clinical Trial Could Begin in 2018

Health & Medicine

The First CRISPR Clinical Trial Could Begin in 2018

By Chelsea Gohd

A New CRISPR Technique Reverses Diseases in Mice

Health & Medicine

A New CRISPR Technique Reverses Diseases in Mice

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Scientists Use CRISPR to Turn E.Coli Bacteria into a Microscopic Tape Recorder

Lab-Grown Synthetic Nanobots May Officially End Antibiotic Resistance

Lab-Grown Synthetic Nanobots May Officially End Antibiotic Resistance

By Patrick Caughill

New Zealand May Use Genetic Tech to Wipe Out “Undesirable” Species

Science & Energy

New Zealand May Use Genetic Tech to Wipe Out “Undesirable” Species

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Science & Energy

We Just Used Genetic Engineering to Create Completely Yellow, Three-Eyed, Wingless Mosquitoes

Watch CRISPR Edit DNA in Real Time

Science & Energy

Watch CRISPR Edit DNA in Real Time

By Chelsea Gohd

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Health & Medicine

CRISPR Can Now Be Used to Edit Individual Bases

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Science & Energy

Scientists Used Genetic Modification to Create Low-Fat Pigs

Scientists Developed a Way to Precisely Edit Genes in the Human Brain

Science & Energy

Scientists Developed a Way to Precisely Edit Genes in the Human Brain

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Health & Medicine

CRISPR Is on the Cusp of Eradicating a Host of Diseases

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Scientists Establish New Nonviral Method for CRISPR Using Gold Nanoparticles

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A New Drug Uses CRISPR to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Scientists Just Used Gene Editing to Remove a Fatal Blood Disorder From Human Embryos

Scientists Just Used Gene Editing to Remove a Fatal Blood Disorder From Human Embryos

By Jolene Creighton

Scientists Edit Embryos with CRISPR to Better Understand Early Human Development

Health & Medicine

Scientists Edit Embryos with CRISPR to Better Understand Early Human Development