Mustard greens that have been genetically altered to remove their pungent flavor are coming to U.S. grocery stores. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Pairwise, an agricultural biotechnology company, created Conscious Greens Purple Power Baby Greens Blend, the first CRISPR-edited food available to U.S. consumers. The company used CRISPR—clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats—to edit mustard greens’ DNA, removing…

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed nanoparticle sensors that could diagnose early-stage cancer through a simple urine test on a strip of paper. The scientists said these sensors, designed to detect many cancerous proteins, could also distinguish the type of tumor, how it responds to treatment, and whether it has metastasized….

The Chinese scientist who claimed to have created the world’s first gene-edited babies was quietly released from prison early this month after serving a three-year sentence, state media confirmed. His release sparked a new round of discussions about the ethics of gene-editing human embryos and the unexpected harm that may occur. Lead researcher He Jiankui…

Most people are familiar with the term genetically modified foods (GM foods or GMOs), but not so with “gene-edited food.” Recently, gene-edited red seabream, a fish species commonly found in Japan, has been approved by its government for market release. Gene editing, also referred to as genome editing, is a method that works by using…