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Top scientists recommend global moratorium on embryo gene editing

Mar 13, 2019

Expert scientists are calling for a worldwide freeze on all research into gene editing aimed at sperm, eggs, and embryos for live births. The researchers hope to prevent the use of the technology to yield genet...

Using CRISPR gene editing, researchers develop self-cloning hybrid rice

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Dec 13, 2018

Innovation, Science

After decades of efforts, scientists have managed to modify a hybrid rice strain so that it passes on its favorable traits in its own seeds, according to ScienceDaily. By producing clones from its seeds, instea...

Researchers use gene editing to create cancer cells that destroy their own kind

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Jul 12, 2018

Health, Innovation, Science

Scientists have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to engineer cancer cells that seek out and kill their own kind, according to a study published yesterday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, c...

Gene editing breakthrough suggests new ways to prevent hereditary conditions

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Aug 4, 2017

Health, Innovation, Science

A new study, published in Nature, outlines the first ever successful editing of the genes of human embryos to repair a disease-causing mutation. Published Wednesday, the procedure marks a significant breakthrou...

Gene-editing method used to shrink tumors in mice

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Sep 18, 2016

Health, Innovation, Science

Scientists have successfully used gene-editing to reduce tumor growth in mice, according to a study published September 5th, in the journal Nature Methods. The gene-editing tool, called Crispr-Cas9, replaces fa...

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