Genetic changes have the ability to alter crop characteristics, and some crop breeding techniques take advantage of this.

The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) has developed GenEditScan, a simple k-mer analysis tool and is ...

This new tool, known as minimal, versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT), combines the powers of gene editing, ...

Mathematical modelling suggests that it is theoretically possible to reduce risk of common diseases using heritable genome editing. Scientists argue that the technology involves considerable risk ...

However, Esvelt quickly realized the immense power and potential dangers of such technology, as it could be misused to cause harm, like editing the mosquito genome to introduce a new disease. Despite ...

Scientists from a collaboration of Australian research institutions have proposed that editing multiple genetic variants in ...

Where there was some agreement was over Rees's advocacy of using gene editing technology to enable humans to overcome the immense challenges of becoming an interplanetary species. Our genome is ...

ICAR-Crop Sciences focuses on gene mapping for climate change; NIRCA inaugurates Genome Editing Lab for crop improvement.

Editas Medicine (EDIT – Research Report), the Healthcare sector company, was revisited by a Wall Street analyst yesterday. Analyst Yanan Zhu ...

This incident highlighted the potential misuse of genome editing technology and the need for strict legal and ethical ...

TD Cowen analyst Phil Nadeau maintained a Buy rating on Editas Medicine (EDIT – Research Report) today. The company’s shares closed yesterday ...