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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aayushipratap/2022/06/16/gene-genies-inside-the-revolutionary-biotech-that-can-edit-dna-inside-living-humans Incognito mode might help with paywall not sure. John Leonard built Intellia Therapeutics with Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who...

Scientists in China have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to treat a patient with HIV, but it didn't cure the patient, according to a new study. The work, published today (Sept. 11) in The New England Journal of Medicine, marks the first time this particular gene-editing tool has been used...

Just listening to the episode now, certainly interesting: https://insitome.libsyn.com/crispr-babies-in-china-across-the-rubicon Here's the news article by Antonio Regalado: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612458/exclusive-chinese-scientists-are-creating-crispr-babies/

This New Startup Will Use CRISPR as a Search Engine to Hunt Down Diseases "By now, you’ve heard of CRISPR—the bacterial self-defense mechanism that can be used to modify the genome. From “biohackers” building the hype by injecting themselves with CRISPR—and later regretting it—to the more...

Perhaps this could help solve a lot of issues in the future, in regards to developing countries; making them more self-sufficient. With the ability to yield more crops, in more challenging environments, this could help to resolve issues with famine. Moreover, local farmers would be able to sell...

It will only be a matter of time before it's humans being edited. Ingenious way to eliminate rodents. It would be great if they did that to eradicate other pests, like cockroaches, bed bugs, and termites. But couldn't that lead to some unwanted consequences? As much as I hate pests, they do...

Good news! Hopefully they'll be able to cure genetic causes of deafness, and blindness in humans eventually.