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From CRISPR to Crisper, Food’s Getting Reprogrammed – OZY

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2018-03-31 NEWS

OZY

From CRISPR to Crisper, Food’s Getting Reprogrammed
OZY
Simplified versions of CRISPR gene editing technology are already being used to alter fruits, vegetables and meats for sale in the U.S. and U.K., and advocates say the possibility of ramping up production could mean CRISPR is the key to feeding an ever

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2018-03-31 NEWS

Rappler

Gene therapies are proving their worth, but with million dollar price tags, it’s not clear who should pay for them
Rappler
If you were born with a rare form of blindness, there is now a treatment for you that may restore your eyesight. That’s because gene therapies became a clinical reality in 2017. Yet many people with rare diseases that could be treated in this way may

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2018-03-30 NEWS

MIT Technology Review

CRISPR may not cause hundreds of rogue mutations after all
MIT Technology Review
CRISPR might be too dangerous to use in humans. The findings hadn’t been observed by other researchers and immediately drew criticism from people including executives at the big three gene-editing companies, CRISPR Therapeutics, Editas Medicine
CRISPR paper that sent stocks tumbling is retractedSTAT
CRISPR-altered plants are not going to be regulated (for now)Fast Company
Science Journal Retracts Paper That Sparked CRISPR PanicGizmodo
WIRED –OZY –Livemint
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