Should we allow designer babies? Nobel…
Chong Chan-yau, CEO of Hong Kong NGO CarbonCare InnoLab, who has been blind since he was six, talks about how a…
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The First Crispr-Edited Salad Is Here
A gene-editing startup wants to help you eat healthier salads. This month, North Carolina–based Pairwise Plants is…
Moderna Hopes To Build On mRNA Tech Used In Its…
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Moderna on Wednesday announced a new partnership with Life Edit Therapeutics geared towards finding and…
Here’s What’s Next for Pig Organ Transplants
Starting in the 1960s, doctors attempted transplants of kidneys, hearts, and livers from baboons and…
The Crispr Baby Scientist Is Back. Here’s What…
Some scientists and ethicists think He deserves a chance to prove that he’s capable of producing scientifically…
Turns Out Fighting Mosquitoes With Mosquitoes…
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is not just a nuisance—it’s a known carrier of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and …
There’s New Proof Crispr Can Edit Genes Inside…
The Crispr components can’t naturally get into cells on their own, so Intellia uses a delivery system called lipid…
Testing embryos on major disease risk? It’s for…
Gene-testing labs score embryos on their polygenic risk – the likelihood of getting heart disease, cancer, diabetes…
Glowing Worms Could Shed Light On the Secrets of…
In 1961, Osamu Shimomura and Frank Johnson isolated a protein from jellyfish that glow green under UV light.…