Digital Trends explores the near future trends in medicine and how what technology did to postal mail, CD music, newspapers and video is coming for medicine next. Now, instead of just puzzling over complex medical questions with our limited human brainpower, we’ve begun enlisting the help of machines to analyze vast amounts of data, recognize…
Category: CRISPR
CRISPR: Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever
A great video explaining what CRISPR is and how it will change our existence in the near future.
Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos
Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos A scientist in Sweden has started trying to edit the DNA in healthy human embryos, NPR has learned. The step by the developmental biologist Fredrik Lanner makes him the first researcher known to attempt to modify the genes of healthy human embryos. That…
Mixed messages from Genetically Engineered Crops Study
According to new research from University of Virginia economist Federico Ciliberto, widespread adoption of genetically modified crops has decreased the use of insecticides, but increased the use of weed-killing herbicides as weeds become more resistant. So while less corn-munching critters are present, more chemicals are used to kill the weeds around the crops, chemicals which…
Using light to control genome editing
The genome-editing system known as CRISPR allows scientists to delete or replace any target gene in a living cell. MIT researchers have now added an extra layer of control over when and where this gene editing occurs, by making the system responsive to light. With the new system, gene editing takes place only when researchers…
The Unintended Consequence of Congress’s Ban on Designer Babies
Congress is the opposite of Progress. With the approval rating of just 11%, the US Congress once again proves that it is the definitive engine of slowing down progress, perhaps second only to the FDA. While certain amount of caution when it comes to new medication and gene therapy is warranted, stifling medical progress on…