9 Best Articles in 2021
MIT Technology Review
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies
MIT Technology Review
10 min read · 188 saves · From 2018 · A daring effort is under way to create the first children whose DNA has been tailored using gene editing.
MIT Technology Review
EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR
MIT Technology Review
6 min read · 89 saves · From 2017 · Researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently improve the DNA of human embryos.
CNET
Using CRISPR to resurrect the woolly mammoth
CNET
~15 min read · 23 saves · 2019-06-19 · Jackson Ryan · De-extinction, bringing extinct species back from the dead, is now on the table thanks to the revolutionary gene-editing technology CRISPR.
MIT Technology Review
CRISPR in 2018: Coming to a Human Near You
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 37 saves · From 2017 · The first clinical trials are slated to begin in the U.S. and Europe while others are stalled.
youtube.com
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever
youtube.com
50 saves · From 2016 · Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming rea...
The Atlantic
The CRISPR Baby Scandal Gets Worse by the Day
The Atlantic
~12 min read · 79 saves · From 2018 · The alleged creation of the world's first gene-edited infants was full of technical errors and ethical blunders. Here are the 15 most damning details.
CB Insights
What Is CRISPR?
CB Insights
~19 min read · 16 saves · From 2018 · CRISPR. What is it? And why is the scientific community so fascinated by its potential applications? Starting with its definition, we explain how this technology harnesses an ancient bacteria-based…
In Future
Fast Company
These are the 5 most dystopian technologies of 2020 and beyond
Fast Company
6 min read · 265 saves · 2019-12-28 · Mark Sullivan · From CRISPR to deepfakes, these are the technologies that could cause calamity in the future.
New Scientist
Exclusive: Five couples lined up for CRISPR babies to avoid deafness
New Scientist
3 min read · 12 saves · 2019-07-04 · Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov plans to help five couples who are deaf try CRISPR gene-editing to avoid having a child that inherits the condition
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The New Yorker
CRISPR and the Splice to Survive
The New Yorker
7 min read · 41 saves · Jan 18th · Elizabeth Kolbert · New gene-editing technology could be used to save species from extinction—or to eliminate them.
NPR
1st Patients To Get CRISPR Gene-Editing Treatment Continue To Thrive
NPR
4 min read · 21 saves · 2020-12-15 · Rob Stein · As the first patient to receive an experimental treatment that relied on the gene-editing technique CRISPR continues to do well 17 months later, more patients seem to be benefiting, too.
New Scientist
CRISPR gene editing of brain cells might prevent Alzheimer's disease
New Scientist
2020-11-26 · CRISPR gene editing could be used to introduce a rare gene variant that greatly reduces the risk of Alzheimer's, but it has only been tried in a dish so far
STAT
CRISPR treatment for blood diseases shows sustained benefit
STAT
5 min read · 15 saves · 2020-12-05 · A CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy has shown shown sustained effectiveness in 10 patients with sickle cell disease or beta-thalassemia.
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MIT Technology Review
A third CRISPR baby may have already been born in China
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · 23 saves · 2019-07-03 · Another genetically edited baby is due, but the world may never learn of its birth if the Chinese government decides to keep it a secret.
Y Combinator
Hacking DNA: The Story of CRISPR, Ken Thompson, and the Gene Drive
Y Combinator
10 min read · 29 saves · From 2017 · Before CRISPR, genetic engineering was slow, expensive, and inaccurate. With CRISPR, genome editing is cheap, accurate, and repeatable. This is the story of CRISPR, concluding with a discussion of Gene Drive, a biological technique which, when used with CRISPR, gives even greater power to genetic en
Scientific American
Mail-Order CRISPR Kits Allow Absolutely Anyone to Hack DNA
Scientific American
~16 min read · 36 saves · From 2017 · Experts debate what amateur scientists could accomplish with the powerful DNA editing tool—and whether its ready availability is cause for concern
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
How to edit a human
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
~19 min read · 80 saves · From 2018 · For decades scientists aspired to modify the code of life. Tom Whipple meets Jennifer Doudna, who succeeded
Nature
CRISPR babies: when will the world be ready?
Nature
~12 min read · 18 saves · 2019-06-19 · Heidi Ledford · Efforts to make heritable changes to the human genome are fraught with uncertainty. Here’s what it would take to make the technique safe and acceptable.
STAT
Two female CRISPR scientists make history, winning Nobel in chemistry
STAT
5 min read · 32 saves · 2020-10-07 · Emmanuelle Charpentier of the Max Planck Institute and Jennifer Doudna of the University of California have won for their CRISPR discovery.
WIRED
Crispr Isn’t Enough Any More. Get Ready for Gene Editing 2.0
WIRED
6 min read · 25 saves · From 2017 · Crispr Classic can be clunky, unreliable, and a bit dangerous. But this year, newer, flashier gene editing tools began rolling off the production line.
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Nature
CRISPR Gene Editing in Human Embryos Wreaks Chromosome Mayhem
Nature
3 min read · 137 saves · 2020-06-25 · Three studies showing large DNA deletions and reshuffling heighten safety concerns about heritable genome editing
WIRED
Crispr Makes It Clear: The US Needs a Biology Strategy, and Fast
WIRED
6 min read · 23 saves · From 2017 · Opinion: Crispr may affect the future of all life on the planet. The US isn't prepared.
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