Health Nov 06 Doctors use CRISPR gene editing against cancer for the 1st time in the U.S. Doctors were able to take immune system cells from the patients' blood and alter them genetically to help them recognize and fight cancer, with minimal and manageable side effects. By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer
Science May 14 How a snail’s shell gets its twist Gene-editing with CRISPR reveals why snail shells are asymmetrical and coil either left or right. By Vicky Stein
Nation Dec 28 Most Americans support gene editing to protect babies, poll finds Most Americans say it would be OK to use gene-editing technology to create babies protected against a variety of diseases — but a new poll shows they'd draw the line at changing DNA so children are born smarter, faster or… By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
Science Dec 01 NIH director says there’s work to do on regulating genome editing globally The apparent birth this month of the first genetically modified babies is “a lesson in the potential for human hubris to overtake us,” Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health. By Lev Facher, STAT
Nov 26 Chinese researcher claims he created first gene-edited babies By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. Continue reading
Jul 18 CRISPR causes significantly greater DNA damage than previously thought, study finds By Sharon Begley, STAT The DNA damage found in the new study included deletions of thousands of DNA bases, including at spots far from the edit. Some of the deletions can silence genes that should be active and activate genes that should be silent,… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 6:02 This gene editing milestone raises big ethical questions By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 6:56 How CRISPR gene editing puts scientists in the driver’s seat of evolution By PBS NewsHour Imagine you could edit a mouse’s genes to be resistant to Lyme Disease. The mouse would breed and evolution would take its course, leading to the extinction of the disease. That’s the vision for scientists developing CRISPR, technology that allows… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 7:37 The science that shaped 2016 By PBS NewsHour What did 2016 mean for science? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien sits down with William Brangham to discuss some of the more remarkable discoveries, innovations and setbacks this year, including the confirmation of one of Einstein's major predictions, the global outbreak… Continue watching