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By Jan 26, 2021
Animals

These jellyfish seem to cheat death. What’s their secret?

Marine biologists think one species of jellies may hold some clues to reversing aging.
By Dec 6, 2018
Science

The gene-edited Chinese twins represent a multi-generational ethical quandary

It’s time to talk about informed consent.
By Dec 4, 2018
Health

CRISPR has many promising applications—but the gene-edited twins represent something more troubling

Editing human embryos makes far more permanent changes than tweaks to adult DNA.
By Sep 15, 2018
Health

Humans are natural runners—and this ancient gene mutation might have helped

Your muscles are ready to run, whether you like it or not.
By Aug 17, 2018
Animals

‘Zombie genes’ could be why so few elephants die of cancer

Elephants are bringing a genetic gun to a cancer knife-fight.
By Jul 31, 2018
Science

How jumping genes hijack their way into the next generation of babies

Where do transposons do their transposing?
By Aug 30, 2017
Health

The FDA just approved a game-changing cancer treatment

CAR T-cell immunotherapy is a brand new way treat cancer.
By Aug 2, 2017
Health

U.S. researchers have used gene editing to combat heart disease in human embryos

The effort was strictly for practice, but represent a major first step in its potential future clinical use.
By Jul 12, 2017
Science

Researchers used CRISPR to encode a movie into DNA

Genome GIFs.
By May 25, 2017
Health

Scientists are using gene editing to try to slow cancer growth

With more research, CRISPR could give us a new cancer treatment.