All tagged CRISPR
Giles Oldroyd is finding out how plants can provide their own fertiliser with a little help from specialist microbes like fungi and bacteria.
Caroline Dean has devoted her research career to understanding how plants sense and respond to the changing of the seasons.
Ruth Garde is the creative producer behind Cut+Paste a hands-on exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute that aims to explore the ethical issues around gene editing and gather the public’s views about how this technology should be used.
Squid biologist Dr Sarah McAnulty explains what squid are, how they evolved, and why they are so difficult to genetically modify.
The advent of synthetic DNA technology has added a new dimension to drug discovery, with new and exciting ways to fix genetic diseases and turn bacteria into drugs.
Steve Rees and his team at AstraZeneca are focusing on the first step of the drug discovery journey: coming up with the new ideas and targets that could lead to the new medicines of tomorrow.
We look at the history and controversies around the discovery of CRISPR.
We explore how CRISPR is being used to develop transformative gene therapies, and the ethical implications of genetically engineering humans.
New genetic engineering tools known as gene drives could send mosquitoes extinct. Good idea or not?
