2016 Annual Report

Science News | DECEMBER 24, 2016 EDITOR OF LIFE

All eyes are on the hot new genome-editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9. Scientists have re- ported using CRISPR to repaint the wings on butterflies and re-engineer immune cells, for example. Some labs are editing viable human embryos. Feng Zhang, an alumnus of the 2000 Science Talent Search and the 1998 and 1999 International Science and Engineering Fairs, and one of the first scientists to wield the molecular scissors, is seeking ways to further improve the system. “Our search is not done yet,” Zhang told Science News in 2016. “The field is advancing so rapidly.” COVER IMAGE: MCGOVERN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH AT MIT

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