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This Engineered ‘Superplant’ Cleans Indoor Air Like 30 Regular Plants

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 2, 2022

Scientists Engineer Super Bacteria That Are Alien to All Life on Earth

Shelly Fan - November 1, 2022

Humans Are 8% Virus—How Ancient Viral DNA in Our Genome Plays a Role in Disease and Development

Aidan Burn - October 28, 2022

From Pitless Cherries to Softer Kale, This Startup Is Using CRISPR to Make Better Produce

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - October 26, 2022

Our Homo Sapiens Ancestors Shared the World With Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Other Types of Humans Whose DNA Lives on in Our Genes

Joshua Akey - October 21, 2022

Scientists Use CRISPR to Condense a Million Years of Evolution Into Mere Months

Shelly Fan - September 11, 2022

Can We Stop the Heart From Aging? This Landmark Genetic Study Is a Start

Shelly Fan - August 23, 2022

New DNA ‘Camcorders’ Can Record ‘Movies’ of a Cell’s Development Through Time

Shelly Fan - August 2, 2022

Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should: What Genetic Engineers Can Learn From ‘Jurassic World’

Andrew Maynard - July 17, 2022

Scientists Cloned Mice From Freeze-Dried Skin Cells, Opening the Door to Biopreservation

Shelly Fan - July 12, 2022

Evolutionary Tree of Life: DNA Analysis Is Showing How We Got So Much Wrong

Matthew Wills - July 10, 2022

Scientists Used CRISPR to Trace Every Human Gene to Its Function

Shelly Fan - June 20, 2022

New CRISPR Tool Protects Against Viruses Without Making Any DNA Cuts

Shelly Fan - June 6, 2022

Ultima Genomics Claims the $100 Genome and Raises $600M to Go Even Lower

Jason Dorrier - June 5, 2022

A One-and-Done CRISPR Gene Therapy Will Aim to Prevent Heart Attacks

Shelly Fan - May 16, 2022

Largest Genetic Study to Date Unveils DNA Profiles That Lead to Cancer

Shelly Fan - April 26, 2022

A Startup Is Engineering Trees to Grow Faster and Capture More Carbon

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - April 14, 2022

Redesigned CRISPR Gene Editing Tool Is 4,000 Times Less Error-Prone

Edd Gent - March 28, 2022

Can We Resurrect Extinct Species? Scientists Put Jurassic Park to the Test

Shelly Fan - March 16, 2022

CRISPR On-Off Switch Will Help Unlock the Secrets of Our Immune System

Shelly Fan - March 8, 2022

Ancient DNA Helps Reveal Social Changes in Africa 50,000 Years Ago That Shaped the Human Story

Elizabeth Sawchuk - February 24, 2022

First Gene Therapy for Tay-Sachs Disease Successfully Given to Two Children

Miguel Sena-Esteves - February 18, 2022

Rapid DNA Sequencing Tech Breaks the Speed Record for Reading Whole Genomes

Kevin Doxzen - February 6, 2022

Scientists Are Sequencing the Genome of Every Complex Species on Earth

Jenny Graves - January 20, 2022

New Virus-Like Particles Can Deliver CRISPR to Any Cell in the Body

Shelly Fan - January 18, 2022

These Mice Pups Inherited Immunity From Their Parents—But Not Through DNA

Shelly Fan - November 2, 2021

Super-Precise CRISPR Gene Editing Tool Is Set to Tackle Tough Genetic Diseases

Shelly Fan - October 19, 2021

Scientists Completed the First Human Genome 20 Years Ago. How Far Have We Come, and What’s Next?

Shelly Fan - September 28, 2021

Gene Therapies Are Almost Here, But Healthcare Isn’t Ready for Sky-High Prices

Kevin Doxzen - September 7, 2021

New Mini-CRISPR Systems Could Dramatically Expand the Scope of Gene Therapy

Edd Gent - September 5, 2021

New ‘Universal Switch’ Lets Scientists Fine-Tune Gene Therapy

Shelly Fan - August 3, 2021

Breakthrough CRISPR Gene Therapy Could Be a ‘One and Done’ Injection

Jason Dorrier - July 1, 2021

A New Mystery Human Species Has Been Discovered in Israel

Michelle Langley - June 25, 2021

Why It Took 20 Years to ‘Finish’ the Human Genome—and Why There’s Still More to Do

Melissa Southey - June 13, 2021

One CRISPR Treatment Lowered Cholesterol in Monkeys by 60 Percent

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - May 26, 2021

How One Round of Gene Therapy Fixed 48 Kids’ Immune Systems

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - May 13, 2021

A New Gene Editing Tool Could Rival CRISPR, and Makes Millions of Edits at Once

Shelly Fan - May 11, 2021

23andMe’s Huge Covid-19 Study Draws Links Between the Virus and Our Genetics

Shelly Fan - May 4, 2021

A New CRISPR Tool Flips Genes On and Off Like a Light Switch

Shelly Fan - April 27, 2021

Scientist George Church Is Auctioning Off His Genome as an NFT

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - April 22, 2021

First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released in the Florida Keys

Taylor White - April 15, 2021

Evolution: Lab-Grown ‘Mini Brains’ Suggest One Mutation Might Have Rewired the Human Mind

Itzia Ferrer - March 7, 2021

We Sequenced the Oldest Ever DNA From Million-Year-Old Mammoths

David Díez-del-Molino - February 21, 2021

The First Endangered American Animal Has Been Cloned

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - February 19, 2021

How Much Do Our Genes Restrict Free Will?

Hannah Critchlow - November 29, 2020

This Baby Horse Was Cloned Using DNA That Was Frozen for 40 Years

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 5, 2020

A CRISPR Baby Future? New Report Outlines Path to Human Germline Editing

Shelly Fan - September 15, 2020

Scientists Gene-Hack Cotton Plants to Make Them Every Color of the Rainbow

Jason Dorrier - August 11, 2020

A Year After Gene Therapy, Boys With Muscular Dystrophy Are Healthier and Stronger

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - July 30, 2020

A Newly-Discovered Tiny CRISPR Protein Packs a Giant Punch For Human Gene Editing

Shelly Fan - July 21, 2020

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