CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna on how gene editing can tackle antibiotic resistance crisis

CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna on how gene editing can tackle antibiotic resistance crisis

Wired | 
Understanding how CRISPR could be used to tackle antibiotic resistance, we need to understand how that resistance arises in the ...
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Want to sample lab-grown meat? Too late — experimental tastings at premier restaurants around the world are on pause. Here’s why, and what the future holds

Matt Reynolds | Wired | 
July 2023 was a landmark moment for the cultivated meat industry. For the first time, meat brewed directly from chicken ...
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink implanted in a human, who is recovering well, billionaire tweets

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
Elon Musk said on the social media platform X on January 29 that the first human patient has received a brain implant developed ...
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‘Cell-based meat grows like a tumor’: A new ad campaign targeting cultivated meat industry criticized as ‘deceptive and unscientific’

Matt Reynolds | Wired | 
A new public information campaign against cultivated—or “lab-grown”—meat is being run by a group with close links to a controversial ...
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Viewpoint: Fake meat doesn’t taste anything like the real thing. Pilot project putting pig genes in soybeans hopes to change the status quo

Matt Reynolds | Wired | 
Paladini is the CEO of Moolec Science, a molecular farming firm that uses crops to grow animal proteins. The idea is ...
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CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna: ‘I think many of us will experience CRISPR in the agricultural world before we experience it clinically’

Kate Knibbs | Wired | 
It’s been a monumental year for Crispr, the molecular tool scientists use to edit genetic material.  ...
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Glow-in-the-dark houseplants: Bioluminescent flowers made using mushroom genes should be available by next spring

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
The genetically engineered plants produce a neon green hue, thanks to the addition of DNA from a type of bioluminescent ...
Investigation: ‘Everything is made by hand’ — Lab grown meat startup Upside Foods presents high-tech facade, but its ‘futuristic factory’ is a lie

Investigation: ‘Everything is made by hand’ — Lab grown meat startup Upside Foods presents high-tech facade, but its ‘futuristic factory’ is a lie

Joe Fassler, Matt Reynolds | Wired | 
“We’re starting to show, from day one, what this whole industry is about,” Upside Foods cofounder and CEO Uma Valeti ...
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Elon Musk says no monkeys died after Neuralink implant tests — but new information suggests a dozen monkeys were euthanized

Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra | Wired | 
Fresh allegations of potential securities fraud have been leveled at Elon Musk over statements he recently made regarding the deaths ...
How gene therapy could eventually snip out diseases in the womb

How gene therapy could eventually snip out diseases in the womb

Max Levy | Wired | 
Recent advances in lab animals may bring medicine closer to achieving it—but this field is still in its infancy ...
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Mustard greens genetically tweaked to be less bitter will be the first CRISPR edited food available in the US when they reach supermarkets this summer

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
A gene-editing startup wants to help you eat healthier salads. This month, North Carolina–based Pairwise is rolling out a new ...
Human age limit: Are supercentenarians simply statistical outliers?

Human age limit: Are supercentenarians simply statistical outliers?

Matt Reynolds | Wired | 
For researcher Jean-Marie Robine, each supercentenarian is a crucial datapoint in the quest to answer a big question: Is there ...
Would you donate your DNA to solve crimes? The nonprofit DNA Justice Foundation aims to rewrite detective work

Would you donate your DNA to solve crimes? Nonprofit DNA Justice Foundation aims to rewrite detective work

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
A nonprofit wants your DNA data to solve crimes: Privately run genealogy databases have become a crucial tool for police ...
A French startup has engineered houseplants that scrub toxins from the air. Could it make a difference?

A French startup has engineered houseplants that scrub toxins from the air. Could it make a difference?

Will Pritchard | Wired | 
Nestled in a jelly-like growing medium, it looks like a canapé—or, possibly, the future ...
As record-breaking drought persists, legal battle rages over approving GMO grain in Kenya

As record-breaking drought persists, legal battle rages over approving GMO grain in Kenya

Matt Reynolds | Wired | 
The record-breaking drought is forcing Kenya to confront a controversial topic: whether the country should grow genetically modified (GM) crops ...
CRISPR co-creator: 2023 sees mobilization of gene editing to develop crops that resist climate change, as world food demand rises

CRISPR co-creator: 2023 sees mobilization of gene editing to develop crops that resist climate change, as world food demand rises

Jennifer Doudna | Wired | 
Crispr is being used experimentally to increase yield, reduce pesticide and water use, and protect against disease. The next space ...
CRISPR gene editing scientist who illegally manipulated embryos wants to cure genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him?

CRISPR gene editing scientist who illegally manipulated embryos wants to cure genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him?

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
He Jiankui discusses his plans for finding cures for devastating genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him? ...
Single shot genetic cures are coming. Will insurance companies pay for these multi-million dollar therapies?

Single shot genetic cures are coming. Will insurance companies pay for these multi-million dollar therapies?

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
Some of Steven Pipe’s hemophilia patients consider themselves cured. In a trial Pipe led from 2018 to 2021, they received ...
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We’re on the cusp of spellbinding advances in treating malaria and tuberculosis thanks to mRNA technology used in COVID vaccine breakthroughs

Özlem Türeci, Uğur Şahin | Wired | 
MRNA IS ONE of the first molecules of life. While identified six decades ago as the carrier of the blueprint ...
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We haven’t approved a new type of antibiotic in nearly 40 years — and bacteria are taking advantage of this blind spot

Maryn McKenna | Wired | 
Antimicrobials cost as much to develop as other drugs, but don’t earn the same returns. Congress could give drugmakers a ...
Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind reduce local populations by up to 96%, study shows

Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind reduce local populations by up to 96%, study shows

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
In the Brazilian city of Indaiatuba, an effort is underway to eliminate Aedes aegypti mosquitoes before they have a chance ...
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Stopping bioterrorism: Here’s how new genetic sequencing can detect altered viruses and bacteria

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
A new, highly transmissible strain of influenza emerges. A pesticide-resistant insect decimates huge swaths of crops. A patient winds up ...
Possible HIV cure via CRISPR

A CRISPR cure for HIV? Gene-editing technology may be able stop viral replication in its tracks and wipe out infections

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
In July, an HIV-positive man became the first volunteer in a clinical trial aimed at using Crispr gene editing to ...
This genome sequencing machine can decode a person’s genetic code twice as fast as before — driving costs down to just $200 a pop

This genome sequencing machine can decode a person’s genetic code twice as fast as before — driving costs down to just $200 a pop

Emily Mullin | Wired | 
Ten years ago, it cost about $10,000 for researchers to sequence a human genome. A few years ago, that fell to ...
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Circadian rhythm: How do our sleeping cycles affect how we experience pain?

Allison Whitten | Wired | 
In a recently published study, scientists led by Claude Gronfier at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre in France have finally shed ...
Conclusions drawn by many artificial intelligence studies cannot be replicated. Here’s why this is a concern

Conclusions drawn by many artificial intelligence studies cannot be replicated. Here’s why this is a concern

Will Knight | Wired | 
Princeton professor Arvind Narayanan and his PhD student Sayash Kapoor got suspicious last year when they discovered a strand of ...
'Risks, pitfalls, and challenges': Synchron’s brain-computer interfaces are on the horizon, but future embrace is murky

‘Risks, pitfalls, and challenges’: Synchron’s brain-computer interfaces are on the horizon, but future embrace is murky

Grace Browne | Wired | 
Thomas Oxley is the founder and CEO of Synchron, a company creating a brain-computer interface, or BCI. ​​These devices work ...
Powering plants with solar panels instead of photosynthesis might increase crop efficiency. But are companies overhyping potential?

Powering plants with solar panels instead of photosynthesis might increase crop efficiency. But are companies overhyping potential?

Matt Reynolds | Wired | 
The researchers used solar panels to run a machine that converts carbon dioxide, electricity, and water into acetate—a molecule that ...
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