Why Bill Gates thinks gene editing and artificial intelligence could save the world Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20… Read More
Chinese scientist who led first gene-editing experiment on babies gets 3 years in jail Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who stirred up a global controversy last year when he said his experiment produced twin baby… Read More
Fred Hutch scientist on how gold nanoparticles could bring CRISPR to the developing world Genetically editing cells using CRISPR could be the answer to curing genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia. But in… Read More
Former Juno execs unveil Sana, a new cell engineering biotech that’s reportedly raising more than $800M Former Juno Therapeutics executives Hans Bishop and Steve Harr have launched Sana Biotechnology, a startup focused on cell therapy, gene… Read More
Year in Science: Genetic breakthroughs make dreams (and nightmares) come true In science, it was the best of times, and the worst of times. 2018 was a year when researchers focused… Read More
Human gene-editing experiment is put on hold in China amid international furor The Chinese researcher behind a controversial experiment to produce gene-edited children took the stage at a Hong Kong conference to… Read More
Reports about gene-edited babies give birth to investigations in China and U.S. Multiple investigations are being sought in the wake of reports that a Chinese laboratory facilitated the birth of twin girls… Read More
Chinese scientist says first gene-edited babies have been born in effort to fight HIV A Chinese researcher says his lab facilitated the first birth of gene-edited children — twin girls who are said to possess… Read More
Oregon team uses CRISPR editing to fix gene linked to heart disease in embryos Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University provided the details today on an experiment with human embryos that demonstrated how… Read More
Report: Oregon researchers use CRISPR to edit genes in human embryos Chinese researchers crossed a threshold last year when they used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tools to modify human embryos, and now Oregon… Read More
Scientists unveil new CRISPR tool, dubbed SHERLOCK, which could revolutionize how we detect diseases A coalition of scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard unveiled a new CRISPR tool today that could… Read More
