Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR
By The New York Times Published on April 22, 2024 Much as ChatGPT generates poetry, a new A.I. system devises blueprints for microscopic mechanisms that can edit your DNA. Generative A.I. technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon characters that look like […]
For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science
BY LAURA UNGAR Published February 28, 2023 Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first genetically edited babies. Now, after serving three years in a Chinese prison for practicing medicine without a license, he faces obstacles and critics as he tries to re-enter science. For […]
Engineers Create Nanoparticles that Deliver Gene-Editing Tools to Specific Tissues and Organs
By: Phys.org October 8, 2020 One of the most remarkable recent advances in biomedical research has been the development of highly targeted gene-editing methods such as CRISPR that can add, remove, or change a gene within a cell with great precision. The method is already being tested or used for the treatment of patients […]
A Crispr Calf Is Born. It’s Definitely a Boy
By: Wired July 24, 2020 HE CALF WAS late. His due date, March 30, had come and gone. At first, Alison Van Eenennaam chalked it up to male calves tending to arrive a day or two on the tardy side. As the week wore on, the animal geneticist reminded herself that gene-edited embryos—like the one that had been […]
China Quietly Confirms Birth Of Third Gene-edited Baby
By: Futurism December 30, 2019 On Monday, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported that He Jiankui, the researcher responsible for creating the world’s first gene-edited babies, had been sentenced to three years in prison on the charge of illegally practicing medicine. Given that China condemned He’s research almost immediately after he announced the births of the twin babies, it’s not particularly surprising […]
Can CRISPR Help Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Shots – Health News NPR
By: Rob Stein October 10, 2019 Victoria Gray slides open a closet door, pulls out a suitcase and starts packing piles of clothes. “My goodness,” says Gray. “Did I really bring all this?” Gray, who has sickle cell disease, is the first patient with a genetic disorder whom doctors in the United States have tried […]
The Future Of Food 2040
By: Dr Andrea Graham, NFU Head of Policy Services August 26, 2019 Over the next 20 years, the UK farming industry will undergo significant changes in policy, markets and consumer demand, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the introduction of the 1947 Agriculture Act. It is a time of challenge but also a […]
Editing The DNA In Human Sperm With CRISPR Is Goal Of New York Lab Shots
By: Rob Stein August 22, 2019 First it was human embryos. Now scientists are trying to develop another way to modify human DNA that can be passed on to future generations, NPR has learned. Reproductive biologists at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City are attempting to use the powerful gene-editing technique called CRISPR to […]
Nessa Carey and Xand Van Tulleken on How Gene Editing Will Rewrite Our Futures
By: Intelligence Squared August 9, 2019 In this week’s episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast we were joined by Nessa Carey, the molecular biologist and author of Hacking The Code Of Life. She was interviewed by the doctor and TV presenter Xand Van Tulleken in a wide-ranging discussion on the ethical and social implications for the […]