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![Markita Landry, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, came up with the idea of using carbon nanotubes to get DNA into plant cells.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nano_2_dsc20001-993ec897095389ad19cf8c7be711a7280fac6bf4-e1552322002937-900x422.jpg)
Scientists Thread A Nano-Needle To Modify The Genes Of Plants
By: Joe Palca | NPR
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Getting DNA into plant cells is tricky. Researchers have tried using infectious bacteria, as well as gene guns that shoot gold bullets. Then a physicist came up with a new approach almost by accident.
![Egli is attempting to fix one of the genetic defects that cause retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited form of blindness.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/crispr-eggs-1-5217fbcb1eef97ff796ac00a081b5d6375b8760b-e1549045805674-900x422.jpg)
New U.S. Experiments Aim To Create Gene-Edited Human Embryos
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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Despite outrage over gene editing in China that affected the birth of twins, research is underway in the U.S. to assess the safety and effectiveness of CRISPR tools to edit genes in human embryos.