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To Fight Malaria, Scientists Try Genetic Engineering To Wipe Out Mosquitoes
by NPR December 14, 2016Enlarge this image After reaching adulthood, a mosquito emerges from the water looking for trouble. Courtesy of Andrew Hammond hide caption toggle…
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Scientists Battle In Court Over Lucrative Patents For Gene-Editing Tool
by NPR December 5, 2016Enlarge this image Emmanuelle Charpentier (left) and Jennifer Doudna have a case for being the inventors of CRISPR-cas9, a transformative tool for…
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Enlarge this image Virginijus Siksnys, Giedrius Gasiunas, Tomas Sinkunas and Tautvydas Karvelis study CRISPR systems at the Institute of Biotechnology in Lithuania.…
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Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos
by NPR September 29, 2016Enlarge this image Alicia Watkins for NPR Alicia Watkins for NPR A scientist in Sweden has started trying to edit the DNA…