expert reaction to new legislation for genome editing in plants, as announced by Defra
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced new legislation to cut red tape for gene editing plant … read more
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced new legislation to cut red tape for gene editing plant … read more
A study published in Nature Communications looks at the use of genome editing technology to generate single-sex litters and sex-specific … read more
The use of genome editing technologies in the breeding of farmed animals could potentially offer some new ways to help … read more
A report published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics looks at the social and ethical issues surrounding the use of … read more
Two reports by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing provide the first global recommendations to … read more
In January, Defra launched a public consultation on the regulation of genetic technologies in the UK. The government is expected … read more
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) have published a consultation today on gene editing. Comments sent out … read more
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded jointly to Prof Emmanuelle Charpentier and Prof Jennifer Doudna for the … read more
Improving livestock to boost food production for a growing global population is a long-standing aim. For the first time, scientists … read more
A study, published in PNAS, reports on a new method of utilising CRISPR techniques to produce surrogate sires in livestock and … read more
A report, published by the UK Royal Society, and the US National Academy of Science and National Academy of Medicine, … read more
Journalists heard from the co-chairs and commissioners of the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing … read more
A study, published in Nature Biotechnology, reports on the use of a CRISPR-based diagnostic tool for the detection of the … read more
Research, published in Science, reports on the first US clinical trial of CRISPR-edited cells in patients with advanced cancer. Prof … read more
A study, published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, reports on the use of genetically engineered moths for crop protection. … read more
He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who last year used CRISPR techniques to alter the genome of embryos, has reportedly been … read more
Prof Kevin Smith, Abertay University, set out his views on the ethics of human genome editing in a piece published … read more
Up to 7% of the population suffer from a rare disease, many of which are life-changing and have poor treatment … read more
Research, published in Nature, reports the use of CRISPR gene editing technique in reversing symptoms of muscular dystrophy in mice. … read more
New Scientist reported that biologist Denis Rebrikov intends to use CRISPR gene editing technology on the embryos of deaf couples … read more