CRISPR and Genome Editing – News and Features

Licensing agreements include bioproduction and stem cell applications.

New money will fund the company’s RNAplus research program and strengthen its human and material resources.

the available impact studies show that insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant GM crops are beneficial to farmers and consumers, producing large aggregate welfare gains as well as positive effects for the environment and human health. But, "widespread public reservations have led to a complex system of regulations."

Tilling – an acronym for "Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes" – is a breeding process that researchers want to use to push evolution yet another step forward.

First efficacy data from phase 2 clinical trial expected in mid-2010.

A report based on new fieldwork in Malawi and Kenya, we highlight techniques already making a real difference where circumstances allow: Hybrid and genetically-modified (GM) seeds, greenhouses, drip irrigation and plug seedlings (planting young plants instead of seeds).

'The Government's food watchdog, the Food Standards Agency, is preparing to canvass the British public on genetically modified crops.'

The Government of Pakistan has officially approved genetically modified crops for cultivation in the country.

The brain disease X-linked ALD can be treated with a combination of gene therapy and blood stem cell therapy, new EU-funded research shows.

China's government declared two strains of genetically modified rice safe to produce and consume, taking a major step toward endorsing the use of biotechnology in the staple food crop of billions of people in Asia.