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Precision breeding powers climate resilience in SA

Agriculture

Precision breeding powers climate resilience in SA

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Source: ©sebastien decoret

Ethics & Medicolegal

WHO guidelines on human genome editing: why countries need to follow them

Sheetal Soni 23 Aug 2021

Source: ©Sebastien decoret

Ethics & Medicolegal

Equity and access need to be at the forefront of innovation in human genome editing

Jantina de Vries & Françoise Baylis 14 Jul 2021

Heritable genome editing not yet ready to be tried safely and effectively in humans

Ethics & Medicolegal

Heritable genome editing not yet ready to be tried safely and effectively in humans

10 Sep 2020

New technologies are helping people to choose when and how to have children. MidoSemSem/Shutterstock

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

New technologies mean states must reconsider what 'reproductive rights' are

Bonginkosi Shozi 23 Jul 2020

Looking to science for food security solutions

Food Security

Looking to science for food security solutions

Chyreene Truluck 27 May 2020

A researcher performs a CRISPR/Cas9 process at the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine in Germany . Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 and gene editing: ethical and legal considerations

Sheetal Soni 25 May 2020

Medical Research

Human gene editing: who decides the rules?

Sheetal Soni 16 Jan 2020

Biotech crops help producers overcome challenges

Agro-processing

Biotech crops help producers overcome challenges

9 Sep 2019

Babies to order. Andrew Crotty/Shutterstock.com

Medical Research

Those designer babies everyone is freaking out about - it's not likely to happen

A Cecile JW Janssens 14 Dec 2018

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

IP Law

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

Daniel Mak 5 Dec 2018

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 2018. He made his first public comments about his claim of making the world’s first gene-edited babies.
AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Medical Research

How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby - and what health worries may ensue

George Seidel 3 Dec 2018

Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops

Agriculture

Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops

James Hereward and Caitlin Curtis 25 Oct 2018

How Africa can up its game on water management for agriculture

Agriculture

How Africa can up its game on water management for agriculture

Andrew Slaughter 27 Aug 2018

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Agriculture

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

Genome editing reveals key gene for human embryo growth

Medical Research

Genome editing reveals key gene for human embryo growth

22 Sep 2017

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Agriculture

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

By Martin Stübler, CC BY-SA 4.0,

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

How science can genetically strengthen endangered plants and agriculture

Muhammad Nakhooda 24 Jun 2016