NYTIMES (Emily Anthes) - Gene-Editing Technology Offers New Ways to Create the Dogs of Our Dreams
Technologies like CRISPR are giving us new ways to create the dogs of our dreams — and a reason to reckon with our past mistakes.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Scientists create hypoallergenic dog with gene-editing
Kindred Companion Sciences is working to create pets, particularly dogs, free of allergens using a gene-editing technique called CRISPR. CEO Matt Walker joins "Morning in America" to introduce Bailey, a hypoallergenic beagle whose DNA was edited to remove the gene that makes people allergic to dogs. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national weekend morning newscast hosted by Anna Kooiman. Saturday and Sunday starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Dogs genetically engineered to prevent allergies
Matt Walker couldn't pet a dog without sneezing, until he and other scientists used a gene-editing technique to produce a hypoallergenic beagle named Bailey.
NYTIMES (Emily Baumgaertner Nunn) - A Newer Approach to Editing Embryos Ignites Debate
Fertility specialists, biotech companies and ethicists are divided over whether progress in early gene editing would wipe out diseases or trigger a rush toward enhancement.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - Scientists achieve most precise human embryo DNA edit to date
The breakthrough could one day allow doctors to repair disease-causing mutations in embryos.
NYTIMES (Carl Zimmer) - In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes
Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists.
AMERICANTHINKER - CRISPR Kids
Gene editing offers many transformative medical benefits. However, uncertainties concerning safety, ethical snares, and risks of inequality and unintended societal impacts demand caution.