We have learned from a sneak preview on the American public radio station NPR news[1] that a cancer treatment trial using CRISPR received a positive safety report on Wednesday, November
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A new gene-editing technique may be capable of fixing almost all disease-causing genetic defects — with fewer off-target effects. The new CRISPR gene-editing technique, described in a Nature paper published
A new comprehensive review paper published last week on 15 July in Nature plants explores how scientists can use CRISPR to enhance traditional plant breeding techniques with the goal of
The Emmanuelle Ducros affair (1) currently making waves in the French-speaking Twittersphere illustrates two new developments in the controversy that is raging in the pro-science community against the zealots of
European elections 2019: science at the polls In the context of the European elections, European Scientist is bringing you a series of views from experts from different countries on
Scientists in Germany are preparing to create miniature Neanderthal brains in the laboratory to study the differences between human and Neanderthal brain biology. The blobs of tissue, called brain organoids,
Scientists believe they have found a way make mosquitoes resistant to the malaria parasite. Using new CRISPR/Cas9 technology, researchers were able to remove a gene in mosquitoes that makes them
A team of researchers in Italy found that not only do genetically modified crops, or GMOs, improve crop yields, but they also are beneficial to health. Published online in Scientific Reports,