CRISPR

4 thought-provoking questions to spark conversation

We’re on the brink of a future beyond what we can fathom — a future with driverless cars, designer babies, intelligent robots, and digital doppelgangers. Who will you choose to ...

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 a biotechnology that’s powerful enough to alter humanity. In the worl...