Why Bother Bringing Back the Dodo?
Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions. ..
Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions. ..
Scientists kept the rodents’ immune T cells active four times longer than mice can live—with huge implications for cancer, vaccination, and aging research. ..
A trial using the gene-editing tool inside the body hints at treating, or even curing, a rare fatal disease—and is changing a community in the process. ..
Instead of cutting out chunks of the genome to disable malfunctioning genes, base editing makes a smaller, more precise swap. ..
He Jiankui discusses his plans for finding cures for devastating genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him? ..
For years, researchers thought characteristics like weight and education had shared genetic roots. The real answer might lie in how people choose to pair ..
Gene therapies promise long-term relief from intractable diseases—if insurers agree to pony up. ..
In a small study, researchers modified patients’ immune cells to target their particular cancer—but it only worked for a third of volunteers. ..
A small study of people with a rare disorder that prevents them from processing protein is an early attempt at creating “living” medicines. ..
The US government is funding tech to determine whether genetic alterations in a virus or pest are an evolutionary quirk—or a lab-engineered danger. ..