China has created mice with two moms (bimaternal) in ‘gene editing’ world-first By Simon Chandler, Digital Technology and Science Reporter. October 11, 2018 Chinese scientists have produced healthy mice from two mothers, using stem cells and gene editing to create offspring without the involvement of male mice. The mice created […]
This speedy genetic tool might soon let scientists create new genes ‘overnight’ By Rafi Letzter, Staff Writer. Fox News. Two graduate students developed a method for synthesizing DNA that could make it much faster, cheaper and easier for biologists to create synthetic DNA sequences. Right now, if you want to create a […]
Blog note. … As in the days of Noah. Genetic manipulation. It is not the technology that is evil, but that hand that uses it and for what purpose. Knowledge shall be increased (but not wisdom or understanding). End of note. CRISPR DNA editing could do some serious […]
Blog note. As in the Days of Noah. Genetic manipulation. CRISPR. It’s not the technology that is evil, but ultimately the hand that uses it and for what purpose. End of note. U.S. appeals court upholds MIT, Harvard patents on CRISPR gene editing Jan Wolfe. SEPTEMBER 10, 2018. […]
Blog note. … As in the days of Noah. Genetic manipulation. End of note. Japan set to allow gene editing in human embryos Draft guidelines permit gene-editing tools for research into early human development. Nature.com. 10/03/2018. David Cyranoski Japan has issued draft guidelines that allow the use of […]
Blog note. Knowledge + Wisdom = Understanding. Encouraging the public to use cutting-edge “do it yourself” CRISPR kits is not going to end well. Even with frogs. Mankind has “knowledge” (the technique and technology of CRISPR). However, mankind does not have “wisdom” (injecting a CRISPR solution into yourself […]
EVERYONE’S GENOME IS DIFFERENT. THAT’S WHY SCIENTISTS ARE ABOUT TO SEQUENCE A MILLION OF THEM. SEPTEMBER 27TH 18. JON CHRISTIAN. Futurism.com The first time scientists sequenced the entire human genome, it took 13 years and nearly $3 billion dollars. It was an incredible accomplishment. But now a program called […]
