Genetic engineering: Researchers get better at tweaking the genomes of human embryos

Print section Print Rubric:  Researchers are getting better at tweaking the genomes of human embryos Print Headline:  DNA and how to adjust it Print Fly Title:  Genetic engineering UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  How to avoid nuclear war with North Korea Fly Title:  Genetic engineering Main image:  20170805_std001.jpg IT IS risky to predict who and what will win a Nobel prize. But some discoveries are so big that their receipt of science’s glitziest gong seems only a matter of time. One such is CRISPR-Cas9, a powerful gene-editing technique that is making the fraught and fiddly business of altering the genetic material of living organisms much easier. Biologists have taken to CRISPR-Cas9 with gusto, first with animal experiments and now with tests on humans. In March researchers in China made history when they reported its first successful application ...
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