CRISPR

Opinion: Should we use gene editing to produce disease-free babies? A scientist who helped discover CRISPR weighs in.

Researchers recently reported that they were able to edit human embryos to fix a dangerous mutation. The technology is inching closer to reality, so we need to take a stand, say...

Scientists are trying to use CRISPR to fix everything. What’s wrong with that?

An exploration of the ethics around CRISPR’s gene-snipping technology yields new insights on how to harness biotechnology that’s powerful enough to alter humanity. In the world ...

The promising and perilous science of gene editing

 CRISPR-Cas9 could change the human genome for generations. Here’s why its inventor is trying to press pause. Should scientists edit the human genome, striking out undesirable t...