Gene Editing

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today our computing platforms are mechanical and non-organic, but tomorrow’s will be biological, and immensely…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One of the largest ascending mega trends is Synthetic Biology, and as our command and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are tens of millions of people around the world with incurable inherited conditions and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today we have the power to create new species of animals never previously thought possible…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Noone would suspect a plant of watching or surveilling them, but thanks to DARPA that’s…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As we increasingly become masters of manipulating the makeup of life criminals will find new,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We have reached the point where we can digitise life itself, albeit at a micro…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The way that we vaccinate people today is, arguably, outmoded, but the next generation of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Space is the harshest environment known to man and the idea of creating the world’s…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bacteria’s stellar ability to rapidly evolve to overcome today’s most potent antibiotics puts tens of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sickle cell disease is a painful and debilitating disease that affects millions of people worldwide,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The increasing threat from bio-terrorism, and the resurgence of new global pandemics such as Ebola,…