Tag Archives: CRISPR

A recently published study in Nature Genetics shows that the use of CRISPR/Cas ‘gene scissors’ causes unintended genetic changes that are different...

Recent scientific findings have revealed chromothripsis-like effects after the application of CRISPR/Cas gene editing in the genome of tomatoes, reports...

Sanatech’s CRISPR gene-edited tomato engineered to contain higher levels of a sedative substance, GABA, is being sold on the open market in Japan....

A new scientific publication shows that CRISPR/Cas gene scissor applications in animals unintentionally leave traces. The findings, as commented on by...

In June GMWatch reported on a study in which CRISPR gene editing was used to alter human embryos. The study found that around half of the edited embryos...

A new study by Chinese researchers has been hailed in a lobbying post as showing that plant gene editing via CRISPR is precise, predictable, and controllable....

Chinese scientist Jiankui He has announced the birth of twin girls whose DNA he claims to have altered using the gene-editing technique CRISPR. “If true,...

Editing cells’ genomes with CRISPR-Cas9 might increase the risk that the altered cells, intended to treat disease, will trigger cancer, two studies...

As CRISPR-Cas9 starts to move into clinical trials, a new study published in Nature Methods has found that the gene-editing technology can introduce...

Last week the U.S. corporation Monsanto, which holds a leading position in the global market of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), reached a licensing...