The search for the kryptonite that can stop CRISPR
Powerful gene-editing tools have the potential to heal—or to harm. Now there’s a race to develop the antidote to the nex...
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Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter
A quest to understand how human intelligence evolved raises some ethical questions.
Genome engineers made more than 13,000 CRISPR edits in a single cell
A team at George Church’s Harvard lab wants to redesign species with large-scale DNA changes.
CRISPR experts are calling for a global moratorium on heritable gene editing
Some of the biggest names in gene editing want to stop anyone from playing around with cells that pass on changes to the...
23andMe thinks polygenic risk scores are ready for the masses, but experts aren’t so sure
A new genetic test that estimates your risk for diabetes is probably less useful than standing on a scale.
There’s probably another planet in our solar system
Laying out two decades of evidence for the mysterious “Planet 9,” a team of astronomers predicts that if it exists, it’s...
The secret to a new drug could be hiding in your genes
Companies are searching gene databases for people whose DNA says they should be very sick, but who aren’t.
A simple blood test to predict premature births could save babies’ lives
15 million babies are born prematurely every year.
Doctors plan to test a gene therapy that could prevent Alzheimer’s disease
A novel dementia treatment will flood people’s brains with a low-risk version of a key gene.
Life probably can’t exist on quite as many planets as we once thought
The habitable zone around other stars has been defined as the region where liquid water can exist on a planet’s surface,...
