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CRISPR Gene Editing Tool Causes Unintended Genetic Mutations

By Rich Haridy

May 29, 2017

Note from Pastor Kevin Lea:  After reading these two articles, I hope the reader will see the foolishness of Darwinian evolution.  How can time and chance create the billions of very detailed genetic coding instructions necessary for the healthy growth and function of every living thing?  The evidence is beyond contradiction that in the beginning God created life, and when men try to mess with it, bad things happen.

A new study has found that CRISPR gene-editing may have unintended genetic side effects (Credit: lightsource/Depositphotos)

It’s not hyperbolic to say that the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique has been a revolutionary breakthrough, allowing scientists the ability to quickly, easily and precisely edit sections of DNA. But questions over how precise the CRISPR tool is have been raised in a new study from Columbia University Medical Center, which shows this gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended

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Researchers Test Self-Destructing Moth Pest in Cabbage Patch

By Mary Esch

Associate Press

May 29, 2017

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Researchers in a New York cabbage patch are planning the first release on American soil of insects genetically engineered to die before they can reproduce.

Shelton is doing field tests of gene-altered moths at Cornell’s Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, 160 miles west of Albany. Those experiments began in 2015, but until now were restricted to net-covered plots to keep the moths from straying. Now, he’s awaiting a permit from the

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