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Chinese scientists just admitted to tweaking the genes of human embryos for the first time in history
A recent biotech discovery - one that has been called the biggest biotech discovery of the century …
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The breakthrough technology that lets scientists edit DNA just got a whole lot cheaper and easier
Here's how it works: When a bacterium encounters DNA from a virus, it makes a strand of RNA, a mole…
Tanya Lewis
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How a gene-editing breakthrough from a Harvard lab saved the life of a girl with leukemia
A 13-year-old girl became the first-ever patient to receive a base-editing therapy, and her leukemi…
Andrew Dunn
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Scientists just got a step closer to treating incurable diseases using a revolutionary gene-editing tool
Getting to the point when we can safely and accurately edit genes to treat Huntington's disease wit…
Kevin Loria
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Identical twins don't always have identical genes, research shows - a new twist in the nature versus nurture debate
From the earliest stages of development, identical twins' genomes can differ in small but significa…
Susie Neilson,Aylin Woodward
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Genetically modified 'designer babies' might be okay, according to a top ethics council
Researchers familiar with genetic editing technology think we'll almost certainly see efforts to en…
Kevin Loria
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Even if the coronavirus did leak from a Wuhan lab, that wouldn't necessarily mean it was engineered
Researchers in Wuhan collected samples of bat viruses closely related to the coronavirus prior to t…
Aylin Woodward
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How the buzzy biotech Moderna sped past Big Pharma to develop the first potential coronavirus vaccine in just 42 days
Just three days later, NIH investigators and Moderna's infectious disease team finalized the sequen…
Andrew Dunn
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We spoke to a Harvard geneticist who thinks this unlikely ingredient could end one of the most long-raging food wars once and for all
CRISPR was first introduced as a genome-editing tool in 2013 in a couple of common laboratory plant…
Erin Brodwin
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Monsanto may have just ended the war on GMOs
Crispr was first introduced as a genome-editing tool in 2013 in a couple of common laboratory plant…
Erin Brodwin
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Designer babies are coming - here's why some think that's a good thing
Others saw this work as the scary sign of a dark future: These embryos were non-viable, meaning the…
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Over a 40-year career, this 'stubborn scientist' helped change the way we think about cancer and genetics
Color Genomics CEO Othman Laraki told Business Insider that King is someone who has a "North Pole,"…
Lydia Ramsey
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2 leading biologists say we should allow gene editing on human embryos
In Church's op-ed, he points out CRISPR's enormous potential to treat devastating genetic diseases …
Tanya Lewis
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APP REVIEW: Splice Is A Godsend For Music Producers
Let's say you made an awesome song using Ableton Live, but kept working on it. Next thing you know,…
Megan Rose Dickey
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A fixation with tech is distracting everyone from what Tesla actually needs to do
But it's imperative that a lot of them are line workers who can put together Model S sedans and Mod…
Matthew DeBord
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Scientists are skeptical about the secret blood test that has made Elizabeth Holmes a billionaire
Journalists and doctors who have tried the test called it painless, but a look at Yelp reviews of o…