AI, Digital Gene Editing & Fusion: What Comes Next For NFTs
NFTs have entered a new stage of their life cycle—and the possibilities are endless for this next generation, aptly called Living NFTs.
CRISPR
Can CRISPR Solve Covid Testing?
Scientists are using elements of the gene editing technology to develop rapid, accurate tests for infectious diseases, including Covid-19.
As Gene Editing Advances, Scientists Race to Set Boundaries
Around the world, leading scientific organizations are moving quickly to implement new guidelines to govern the use of gene editing.
Why Do Kids Get Cancer? Promising Research is Underway.
Understanding how an old person’s disease develops in kids could offer clues about how to predict, or maybe even prevent, pediatric cancers.
New Cancer Concerns Shake Up CRISPR Prognosis
New studies connect gene editing with CRISPR technology to cancer, sending stocks plummeting and raising serious questions about the technology's potential.
CRISPR Community Wrestles With Potential and Peril of Gene Editing
Scientists, academics and other stakeholders gathering in Boston lauded the potential of what CRISPR-powered innovation could offer society — and grappled with potential negative or unintended consequences from the still-nascent technology.
CRISPR’s Unknown Cousin—The Promising Genetic Boost
Radical gene-editing technology CRISPR is in the news and rightly celebrated, but another form of genetic manipulation, known as "boosting," may reshape how we face a wide range of conditions. It shows dramatic promise for...
Whatever Happened to the Internet’s Promise?
Idealism helped build a massive global movement of free culture and the net. It may still offer a powerful outline of cyberspace governance: an equitable and enlightened arena, a benign ecosystem that interweaves people and...
Contradictions Abound in Public Opinions about Genetics
People are so opposed to GMOs that such food has often been banned, though studies find zero evidence it harms people. But paradoxically, when it comes to editing human genomes, many are eager to press...
