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The researchers modified an ordinary laboratory strain of the ubiquitous human gut microbe Escherichia coli. (Photo: Pixabay)

Turning bacteria into 'world's smallest tape recorders'

Through a few clever molecular hacks, researchers have converted a natural bacterial immune system into a recorder.

25 Nov 2017 8:38 AM GMT

A new research reveals that the same alteration introduced into the girls DNA, not only makes mice smarter, but also improves human brain recovery after stroke. (Photo: ANI)

CRISPR twins may be the first humans with accidentally' enhanced...

CRISPR remains a controversial use of science and technology regarded by the critics as irresponsible.'

24 Feb 2019 6:34 AM GMT

The joy of CRISPR is that it allows us to edit genes painlessly, across all cell types and species.

Threat of bio-terror from CRISPR

CRISPR-Cas9 technology enables scientists to edit the DNA by removing, adding or altering sections of the DNA sequence.

12 March 2019 1:07 AM GMT

Study testing value of DNA sequencing as part of routine medical care showed roughly one in five people carried mutation linked with rare disease (Photo: Pixabay)

US researchers begin CRISPR gene editing trials on humans

CRISPR is a technique in which modifications are made at the DNA level with the potential to cure many diseases.

18 April 2019 4:56 AM GMT

The joy of CRISPR is that it allows us to edit genes painlessly, across all cell types and species.

No sound scientific reason to perform CRISPR on babies, says...

He's conducted CRISPR on the human embryos to prevent HIV transmission.

4 May 2019 10:17 AM GMT

(Photo | National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, USA)

Modification of embryo genes to create disease-free babies cannot yet...

An international commission aimed to provide a framework for countries considering the use of the technology.

3 Sep 2020 4:50 PM GMT

US National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins called Hes experiment a misadventure of a major sort . (Photo: AP)

Could anyone have stopped gene-edited babies experiment?

The young scientist, He Jiankui, saw the power of this tool, called CRISPR, to transform genes.

3 Dec 2018 5:28 AM GMT

This white thing on the chocolate does not mean that the chocolate is mouldy. (Photo: Pixabay

Gene editing can make 'chocolate trees' disease resistant

Reliable productivity from cacao plants is essential to the multibillion-dollar chocolate industry.

14 May 2018 11:51 AM GMT

The new CRISPR technology enables the recording of digital data, like frames of the movie of a galloping horse, in a population of living bacteria. (Credit: Wyss Institute)

Cell wise: Storing movies in bacteria

CRISPR technology converts bacteria into a hard disk in which information can be stored.

30 Aug 2017 10:11 PM GMT

The new CRISPR technology enables the recording of digital data, like frames of the movie of a galloping horse, in a population of living bacteria. (Credit: Wyss Institute)

Cell wise: Storing movies in bacteria

CRISPR technology converts bacteria into a hard disk in which information can be stored.

26 Aug 2017 8:54 PM GMT

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Posthuman age offers wonders and terrors alike

There are more mundane applications as well, of course, and identification chips are already in use.

8 Aug 2017 12:52 AM GMT