John van der Oost (in checked shirt) during a Resource debate about CRISPR-Cas. Photo Aldo Alessi

‘Now we are fine-tuning CRISPR-Cas’

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WUR professor and CRISPR pioneer John van der Oost is nearing retirement. ‘I took the right turning.’

A test for everything

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Random piece of DNA; this simple method will find it.
Een grote mammoet in de sneeuw.

Viewpoint: Return of the mammoth? ‘I fear backlash against CRISPR technology’

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American dream of mammoth calf sounds more like a nightmare to Wageningen…

Live&Learn: John van der Oost

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Failure is useful. Therefore, this feature is about what didn’t work out.
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Altruism in bacteria

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Unlike most CRISPR-Cas systems, this one detects RNA rather than DNA.

‘Scientists are never objective’

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Young scientists discuss CRISPR-Cas after Zembla programme.

Sharpening the CRISPR-Cas scissors

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PhD candidate Thomas Swartjes is using bacterial sex to improve the snipper…

Should the EU allow CRISPR-Cas?

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Four WUR scientists on the question: Should the EU allow CRISPR-Cas?

You win some, you lose some : Eveline Verhulst

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Failure is useful. Therefore, this feature is about what didn’t work out.

Four uncertainties on free CRISPR-Cas patents

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Student Sophie van Wijk: how to end world hunger with free patents.