gene editing

A Chinese court has sentenced He Jiankui and two others to three years in jail for editing the genomes of infants as embryos.

A number of genomics studies made headlines in the 2010s and more are predicted to do so in the coming year.

Researchers have made gene-edited tomatoes that grow in bunches like grapes, as Popular Mechanics reports.

An editorial in the South China Morning Post seeks to learn from the He Jiankui gene-editing affair.

Gene editing could be an issue competitive sports need to address soon, four researchers from Arizona State University write at Slate.

In Nature this week: genetic "clock" that can predict the lifespans of vertebrates, new assembler called wtdbg2, and more.

Nature Biotechnology discusses promising early results from two clinical trials of CRISPR-based therapy for β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.