In less than 24 hours the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will update the Doomsday Clock. It's currently at 100 seconds from midnight—the metaphorical time when the human race could destroy the world with technologies ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2022
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Researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in collaboration with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers have identified an unprecedented genetic survival strategy that would be right at home in ...
Biotechnology
Jun 20, 2017
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In the past decade, researchers have engineered an array of new tools that control the balance of genetic inheritance. Based on CRISPR technology, such gene drives are poised to move from the laboratory into the wild where ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 18, 2020
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The emerging science of gene drives is drawing attention for its potential to help with critical health issues such as mosquito-borne diseases and environmental concerns such as agricultural pests and invasive species. At ...
Biotechnology
Jun 9, 2016
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Scientific techniques that can wipe out invasive species or alter mosquitoes' ability to carry disease are pushing ahead, raising concerns about the ethics of permanently changing the natural world, experts say.
Biotechnology
Sep 6, 2016
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Rest easy, folks. Armies of genetically modified super-species are unlikely to conquer Earth anytime soon.
Biotechnology
Mar 1, 2017
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Powerful new genetic engineering methods have given scientists the potential to revolutionize several sectors of global urgency.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 6, 2021
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Researchers are exploring the use of the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to fight human disease and agricultural blight. But a study from Indiana University has found several challenges to the method's use in ...
Biotechnology
May 19, 2017
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What if there was a humane, targeted way to wipe out alien pest species such as mice, rats and rabbits, by turning their own genes on themselves so they can no longer reproduce and their population collapses?
Ecology
Aug 9, 2017
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New CRISPR-based gene drives and broader active genetics technologies are revolutionizing the way scientists engineer the transfer of specific traits from one generation to another.
Biotechnology
Apr 10, 2019
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