Life
Why was HIV chosen as the first target for embryo gene editing?
He Jiankui has tried to create babies that are resistant to HIV infection. But there are safer ways to protect against the virus than untested gene editing
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Life
There won’t be many more gene-edited babies just yet – here’s why
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Health
Baboons live for months after getting genetically modified pig hearts
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Life
Genetic disorders should be the focus of CRISPR gene editing trials
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Life
Gene-editing experiment widely criticised for safety and ethics issues
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Health
Helen O’Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution
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Health
Gene-editing humans has huge potential, but caution is needed
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Comment
How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?
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Humans
George Church: The maverick geneticist now wants to reverse ageing
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Environment
The second great battle for the future of our food is underway
First it was GM food. Now battle lines are being drawn over whether crops and animals modified with CRISPR gene-editing can make it on to supermarket shelves
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Environment
It’s ok that the public rejected GM food 鈥� after all, we did ask
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Health
Special cells could let you control your diabetes with coffee
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Health
GM golden rice gets approval from food regulators in the US
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Health
We can鈥檛 trick people into accepting genetically modified foods
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