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Yuri Milner’s Most Astounding Predictions
Technology

Yuri Milner’s Most Astounding Predictions

By Alexandra Ossola

Scientists Detect Which Patients Are Resistant To Genetic Diseases
Health

Scientists Detect Which Patients Are Resistant To Genetic Diseases

By Alexandra Ossola

Scientists Build A Living Cell With Minimum Viable Number Of Genes
Health

Scientists Build A Living Cell With Minimum Viable Number Of Genes

By Alexandra Ossola

A Genetic Mutation Could Save You From A Heart Attack
Health

A Genetic Mutation Could Save You From A Heart Attack

By Alexandra Ossola

There’s No Guarantee That Genetic Tests Are Accurate
Health

There’s No Guarantee That Genetic Tests Are Accurate

By Alexandra Ossola

The Genes Behind Your Weird Hair
Health

The Genes Behind Your Weird Hair

By Alexandra Ossola

Here’s How Virtual Reality Could Help Doctors Treat Cancer
Health

Here’s How Virtual Reality Could Help Doctors Treat Cancer

By Alexandra Ossola

Not A Morning Person? Blame It On Your Genes
Health

Not A Morning Person? Blame It On Your Genes

By Alexandra Ossola

bed bug
Health

The Bugs Behind The Bed Bug Genome

By Brooke Borel

Obese mice
Health

A Genetic Switch Could Turn Obesity On Or Off

By Claire Maldarelli

Scientists Discover Genetic, Biologic Cause Of Schizophrenia
Health

Scientists Discover Genetic, Biologic Cause Of Schizophrenia

By Alexandra Ossola

Genetically Modified Limes Are Purpler and More Healthful
Technology

Genetically Modified Limes Are Purpler and More Healthful

By Alexandra Ossola

Why Some Cats Look Like They Are Wearing Tuxedos
Environment

Why Some Cats Look Like They Are Wearing Tuxedos

By Christian Yates/The Conversation

CRISPR Gene Editing Successfully Stops Muscular Dystrophy In Living Mice
Health

CRISPR Gene Editing Successfully Stops Muscular Dystrophy In Living Mice

By Alexandra Ossola

Antidepressants Extend The Lives Of Roundworms By Flipping Genetic Switches
Health

Antidepressants Extend The Lives Of Roundworms By Flipping Genetic Switches

By Alexandra Ossola

Chinese Factory Will Make Cloned Beef On A Massive Scale
Environment

Chinese Factory Will Make Cloned Beef On A Massive Scale

By Alexandra Ossola

Scientists Have Made Worms With Heads Resembling Other Species
Environment

Scientists Have Made Worms With Heads Resembling Other Species

By Alexandra Ossola

Breakthrough Prize 2015
Science

Breakthrough Prize Honors Scientists Working on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Neutrinos, And More

CRISPR Variation Won’t Introduce New DNA To Plants
Health

CRISPR Variation Won’t Introduce New DNA To Plants

By Alexandra Ossola

23andMe Discloses Police Requests For Customers’ DNA
Health

23andMe Discloses Police Requests For Customers’ DNA

By Claire Maldarelli

23andMe Gets FDA Approval For Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests
Health

23andMe Gets FDA Approval For Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests

By Alexandra Ossola

Could Having Your DNA Tested Land You In Court?
Health

Could Having Your DNA Tested Land You In Court?

By Claire Maldarelli

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Goes To 3 Scientists Who Uncovered DNA Repair
Health

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Goes To 3 Scientists Who Uncovered DNA Repair

By Tina Casey

Genetic Tests Don’t Help Treat Mental Illness
Health

Genetic Tests Don’t Help Treat Mental Illness

By Alexandra Ossola

This Test Can Detect Any Virus That Infects Humans
Health

This Test Can Detect Any Virus That Infects Humans

By Claire Maldarelli

We Can Now Sequence A Whole Human Genome In 26 Hours
Health

We Can Now Sequence A Whole Human Genome In 26 Hours

By Claire Maldarelli

FDA Cracks Down On Pathway Genomics’ Cancer Blood Test
Health

FDA Cracks Down On Pathway Genomics’ Cancer Blood Test

By Claire Maldarelli

CRISPR
Health

British Scientists Want Permission To Genetically Edit Viable Human Embryos

By Claire Maldarelli

A Genetic Database Will Identify What’s Really In Our Food
Health

A Genetic Database Will Identify What’s Really In Our Food

By Alexandra Ossola

Dank Indica? Your Drug Dealer Might Be Ripping You Off
Health

Dank Indica? Your Drug Dealer Might Be Ripping You Off

By Alexandra Ossola

crispr gene editing
Health

Should Bioethicists “Get Out Of The Way” Of CRISPR Research?

By Alexandra Ossola

How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Drugs Better and Faster
Technology

How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Drugs Better and Faster

By Rebecca Harrington

3D models
Technology

Computer Software Folds DNA Into Bunny Shapes

By Claire Maldarelli

Why Are There More Blue-Eyed Alcoholics?
Health

Why Are There More Blue-Eyed Alcoholics?

By Alexandra Ossola

Weird Bed Bug Gets Weirder: Genetics Edition
Health

Weird Bed Bug Gets Weirder: Genetics Edition

By Brooke Borel

Real ‘Jurassic World’ Scientist Says We Could Bring Back Dinosaurs As Pets
Science

Real ‘Jurassic World’ Scientist Says We Could Bring Back Dinosaurs As Pets

By Mary Beth Griggs

Gene Tests Are Quite Telling – Should You Get One?
Health

Gene Tests Are Quite Telling – Should You Get One?

By Alexandra Ossola

Can Two People Repopulate Earth?
Science

Can Two People Repopulate Earth?

By Morgan Kinney

Apple Wants Your DNA
Health

Apple Wants Your DNA

By Alexandra Ossola

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?
Health

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?

By Heather Hansman

‘Open Humans’ Wants To Be The Facebook Of Clinical Research
Health

‘Open Humans’ Wants To Be The Facebook Of Clinical Research

By Alexandra Ossola

How A Former Nuclear Missileer Made A Color-Changing Petunia
Science

How A Former Nuclear Missileer Made A Color-Changing Petunia

By Daniel Grushkin

Will Gardeners Buy A Color-Changing GMO Petunia?
Health

Will Gardeners Buy A Color-Changing GMO Petunia?

By Brooke Borel

image showing two views of an illustrated face estimate, plus the real person
Science

Modeling Suspects’ Faces Using DNA From Crime Scenes

By Francie Diep

Redesigned E. Coli Resists Viruses And Might Make GMOs Safer
Technology

Redesigned E. Coli Resists Viruses And Might Make GMOs Safer

By Francie Diep

Ancestry.com Reconstructs Genomes Of 19th-Century Couples Using Customers’ DNA
Science

Ancestry.com Reconstructs Genomes Of 19th-Century Couples Using Customers’ DNA

By Francie Diep

In A Face-To-Face GMO Debate, The “For” Side Wins
Environment

In A Face-To-Face GMO Debate, The “For” Side Wins

By Francie Diep

It’s Official: Skeleton Found Under Parking Lot Is Richard III
Science

It’s Official: Skeleton Found Under Parking Lot Is Richard III

By Mary Beth Griggs

How Supercomputing Is Cracking The Mysteries Of Human Origins
Technology

How Supercomputing Is Cracking The Mysteries Of Human Origins

By Andrew Rosenblum

USDA Approves A Genetically Modified Potato With Possible Health Benefits
Technology

USDA Approves A Genetically Modified Potato With Possible Health Benefits

By Francie Diep

Kitty DNA Shows Cats Have Evolved To Learn From Treats
Science

Kitty DNA Shows Cats Have Evolved To Learn From Treats

By Francie Diep

A Genetic Mutation Renders One Family Unable To Sweat
Health

A Genetic Mutation Renders One Family Unable To Sweat

By Loren Grush

Previous Sex Partners’ Semen Can Influence Fly Offspring
Science

Previous Sex Partners’ Semen Can Influence Fly Offspring

By Loren Grush

Infant Possibilities
Health

Infant Possibilities

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

DNA Sequencing Diagnoses Boy’s Mysterious Bacterial Disease
Health

DNA Sequencing Diagnoses Boy’s Mysterious Bacterial Disease

By Francie Diep

What We Can Learn From Humans Who Don’t Age
Health

What We Can Learn From Humans Who Don’t Age

By Francie Diep

This Microchip Heart Has A Rare Genetic Disease
Health

This Microchip Heart Has A Rare Genetic Disease

By Francie Diep

Hunting For The Genetic Secret To A Rare Disease
Health

Hunting For The Genetic Secret To A Rare Disease

By Francie Diep

Enjoy The Feeling Of Adderall? You May Be Less Likely To Develop ADHD
Health

Enjoy The Feeling Of Adderall? You May Be Less Likely To Develop ADHD

By Douglas Main

Which Animal Species Would Fare Best After Noah’s Ark?
Environment

Which Animal Species Would Fare Best After Noah’s Ark?

By Francie Diep

In Most Ambitious DNA Building Project Ever, Scientists Make An Artificial Yeast Chromosome
Technology

In Most Ambitious DNA Building Project Ever, Scientists Make An Artificial Yeast Chromosome

By Francie Diep

How Nutrition In One Generation Can Change The Genetics Of The Next
Health

How Nutrition In One Generation Can Change The Genetics Of The Next

By Francie Diep

The Scent Of Your Earwax May Yield Valuable Information
Health

The Scent Of Your Earwax May Yield Valuable Information

By Francie Diep

Finding What Puts The Heat In Hot Peppers
Science

Finding What Puts The Heat In Hot Peppers

By Lindsey Kratochwill