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Crispr

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CRISPR therapies can treat disease but cost millions. An equity-based approach could bring them to more people 

By Kunal C. Potnis, George Goshua | Biosecurity

flood-resistant rice field in India, before and after

We need to act now to ensure global food security and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

By Bradley R. Ringeisen, Clarice de Azevedo Souza, Elizabeth Njuguna, Pamela C. Ronald | Climate Change, Special Topics

Congressional staffers created antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And that’s a good thing

By Allison Berke, Jassi Pannu | Biosecurity

Woods Hole inlet with boats

We knocked the genes out of a zebrafish—and other tales from CRISPR summer school

By Dan Drollette Jr | Disruptive Technologies, Personal Essay, Special Topics, Synthetic biology

Nobel chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna

Interview: Nobel chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna on the promise and peril of the genetic editing revolution

By John Mecklin | Biosecurity

Visitors check out an infinity chamber at the "Futurium" in Berlin, a venue where significant national and international developments in scientific, technical and social research are to be presented and discussed among the government, the scientific community, industry, and society. (Photo credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Introduction: An innovative and determined future for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons

Biological researcher He Jiankui (right) attends the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong on November 28, 2018 in Hong Kong, China. Photo by Zhang Wei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images.

Follow the money: What the sources of Jiankui He’s funding reveal about what Beijing authorities knew about illegal CRISPR babies, and when they knew it

By Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley, Kathleen M. Vogel | Biosecurity

Illustration by Matt Field.

Gene-editing on autopilot: What could go wrong?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

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Chinese twins are allegedly the first “genetically edited” babies

By | Disruptive Technologies, Synthetic biology, What We’re Reading

Plum pox resistant plums, created by genetic engineering.

What’s cooking for climate change? Techno-fixing dinner for 10 billion

By Pat Mooney | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Synthetic biology

John Oliver takes on Crispr, with hilarious and explanatory results.

John Oliver tackles Crispr

By | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Gene drive pioneer Kevin Esvelt tries to make science less secret

By Elisabeth Eaves | Disruptive Technologies, Interviews