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GMOs: Dissolving Misconceptions

Judith M. Reichel

GMOs: Dissolving Misconceptions

#LINO18 participants discuss the opportunities that come with genetic engineering to alleviate world hunger and cure diseases, and they reflect on how to get everyone on board.

CRISPR-Cas: The Holy Grail Within Pandora’s Box

Judith M. Reichel

CRISPR-Cas: The Holy Grail Within Pandora’s Box

Few molecular techniques have had such an impact on the scientific community and the public alike as the CRISPR-Cas gene-editing tool. What future diagnostic and medical potential does the tool hold?

Gene drive: evolution in fast motion

Stephanie Hanel

Gene drive: evolution in fast motion

Is the new technology a decisive breakthrough in the fight against mosquito-transmitted diseases?Is the new technology a decisive breakthrough in the fight against mosquito-transmitted diseases?

Editing genes with CRISPR-Cas9

Stephanie Hanel

Editing genes with CRISPR-Cas9

How Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna revolutionized scientific research.How Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna revolutionized scientific research.