crispr – Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog

A lasting legacy

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Sanger Institute andrea ong, cancer, cancer dependency map, cancer depmap, crispr, Genetics, Genomics, john sulston, malaria, Nobel Prize, sanger prize, sophia hernandez min read

Meet the next generation of genomic scientists who are benefiting from our founder’s generosity

How Sanger scientists are using genetic surgery to understand the blueprint of life

Sanger Science

Cracking cancer with CRISPR

April 10, 2019July 9, 2019 Sanger Institute cancer, crispr, DNA, genetic surgery, genetic tools min read

How Sanger scientists are using genetic surgery to understand the blueprint of life

Influencing Policy

Human genome editing – the issues explored

December 20, 2018March 14, 2019 Communications Team crispr, editing embryos, ethics, germline editing, human genome editing, Influencing Policy, Sanger Science min read

Hayley Clissold from the Sanger Institute’s policy team team explores the issues surrounding gene editing and human embryos

Influencing Policy

Claims of genome edited babies shock the world

December 6, 2018March 14, 2019 Sanger Institute crispr, embryo, genome editing, Genome Editing Summit, He Jiankui, Influencing Policy min read

Our Policy Lead, Sarion Bowers, explores the extraordinary claims that the world’s first genome edited babies have been born.

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Human Embryo Editing: science fiction or science fact?

November 29, 2018March 14, 2019 Communications Team anna middleton, crispr, gene editing, he jainkui, human embryo, Influencing Policy, Sanger Life min read

Anna Middleton, Head of the Society and Ethics research group at Wellcome Genome Campus Connecting Science, reports on Prof He Jiankiu’s unverified announcement of gene editing the first human embryos that have been born