{"id":33159,"date":"2017-01-04T12:47:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/gene-editing-can-now-change-an-entire-species-forever"},"modified":"2017-06-04T08:26:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T15:26:15","slug":"gene-editing-can-now-change-an-entire-species-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/gene-editing-can-now-change-an-entire-species-forever","title":{"rendered":"Gene Editing Can Now Change An Entire Species Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OI_OhvOumT0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In Brief CRISPR has opened up limitless avenues for genetic modification. From disease prevention to invasive species control, Jennifer Kahn discusses the discover, application, and implications of gene drives.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Kahn, a science journalist for the New York Times, recently did a TED Talk in which she discussed the discovery, application, and implications of a <a href=\"http:\/\/futurism.com\/the-age-of-crispr-why-you-shouldnt-fear-gene-editing\/\">CRISPR<\/a> gene drive used to make mosquitoes resistant to malaria and other diseases like chikungunya, and Zika.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the talk in the video below, and learn how geneticists are achieving the (seemingly) impossible:<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/futurism.com\/gene-editing-can-now-change-an-entire-species-forever\/\">http:\/\/futurism.com\/gene-editing-can-now-change-an-entire-species-forever\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Brief CRISPR has opened up limitless avenues for genetic modification. From disease prevention to invasive species control, Jennifer Kahn discusses the discover, application, and implications of gene drives. Jennifer Kahn, a science journalist for the New York Times, recently did a TED Talk in which she discussed the discovery, application, and implications of a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59268,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33159\/revisions\/59268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}