Gene editing is a strange topic. On the one hand, we could use this technology to cure diseases before they even happen. On the other, we could soon be living in a world where editing the sacred unknown of a human embryo is barely a second thought. Still, we’re not quite at the ‘designer babies’ stage yet, as...
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I don’t know about you, but recently I’ve been finding it almost impossible to go to all of my lectures – especially since it’s a two kilometre walk from my accommodation in Sherbourne to Gibbet Hill. At the time of writing this article I have in fact skipped two days’ worth of lectures within four days. So, since I’m being inundated with messages from my coursemates wondering why I’m late to the day’s lectures, I would instead...
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If you’ve ever taken a GCSE-level biology course, you may vaguely recognise the term CRISPR-Cas9 (or just CRISPR for short); it has been a buzzword in biotech circles for quite a few years now. Within wider western culture you might have noticed how the societal fear of bioweaponry and biowarfare has proliferated and developed partially due to the upsurge of technologies like CRISPR and an increase in the general public’s awareness of...
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