Clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats.
Naturally occurring in bacteria, segments of DNA used for defence against pathogens.
Used by humans in genome editing: the CRISPR/Cas system used to edit DNA at specific locations in the genome.
The BBC's CrowdScience podcast calls on listeners to ask the scientific questions they've always wanted answered, from medicine, to the Earth and beyond. In the latest episode of the series, host Caroline Steel delves into the world of genome editing, from success stories in the clinic, to the pragmatic ethical concerns...
How responsive is the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act to the pace of social and technological change? In this comment, Julian Hitchcock contemplates revision of the Act, and how might we optimise its responsiveness to clinical need while upholding standards...
A novel mutation in a gene called TLR7 has been identified as directly linked to the development of lupus...
Genome editing of blood could provide new treatments for HIV according to a new study...
CRISPR genome editing has been tested in feline cells on the genes that cause allergic reactions in humans, potentially paving the way to hypoallergenic cats...
The Progress Educational Trust recently arranged a lineup of key figures at the vanguard of different aspects of genome editing, who, during the event, canvassed their opinions and current research...
Two prominent Chinese bioethicists have recommend the jailed scientist, Dr He Jiankui, be made financially, morally and legally responsible for the health and wellbeing of the children he genome-edited...
The Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been awarded the US intellectual property rights for the use of CRISPR/Cas9 by a Patent and Trial Appeal Board...
The first team to use CRISPR to edit a disease-causing gene in humans has found the effects are persistent up to a year later...
In his loud shirt, covered in green leaves and plants, the University of Manchester's professor of Zoology, Matthew Cobb, was dressed appropriately for this evening's talk...
