Gene editing & genetic engineering

1. Genetic manipulation. The history of genetic science. What is genome editing? / National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH

A brief history of human gene editing / Carmen Leitch

Science and history of GMOs and other food modification processes / FDA

Did He Jiankui "make people better"? Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies / G. Owen Schaefer

Experts weigh medical advances in gene-editing with ethical dilemmas / Rob Stein

2. Pioneering science. New developments in genetic technology. The promise of gene editing: so close and yet so perilously far / David J. Segal

Engineered yeast turn agricultural waste into biofuels

CRISPR/Cas9-based gene drive could suppress agricultural pests / Mick Kulikowski

Baby without sperm or egg? Scientists develop synthetic embryos using stem cells / Shobhit Gupta

The precious genes of the world's first cloned ferret could help save her species / Joel Goldberg. 3. Genetic medicine. Gene therapy and medical genetics. Edits to a cholesterol gene could stop the biggest killer on earth / Antonio Regalado

He inherited a devastating disease: a CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough stopped it / Rob Stein

Organ transplants from pigs: medical miracle or pandemic in the making? / J. Roger Jacobs

Using gene editing to fight deadly genetic diseases / Karen Feldscher

COVID testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: progress mustn't stop now / Angelika Loots

Forget designer babies, here's how CRISPR is really changing lives / Antonio Regalado

4. Controversial technology. Genetic modification controversies and debates. Decoding the CRISPR-baby stories / J. Benjamin Hurlbut

It's official: no more CRISPR babies

for now /

Grace Browne

The first gene-edited babies are supposedly alive and well, says guy who edited them / Tim Newcomb

Biotechnology is creating ethical worries and we've been here before / Giana Gitig

Cloning fact sheet / National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH

5. Popular genetics. Genetic engineering in pop culture. Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story, but these high-tech replacements aren't really "resurrecting" species / Risa Aria Schnebly and Ben A. Minteer

Why genetic engineering experts are putting a spotlight on Victoria Gray's case / Rob Stein

Seven times science fiction got genetic engineering right / Sue Burke

A history of genome engineering in popular culture / Kartik Lakshmi Rallapalli

Americans are closely divided over editing a baby's genes to reduce serious health risk / Lee Rainie, Cary Funk, Monica Anderson, and Alec Tyson