Illumina just announced a machine that can ***** genomes twice as fast as its current version—and…
Author: Emily Mullin
There’s New Proof Crispr Can Edit Genes Inside Human Bodies
The technique had largely been limited to editing patients’ cells in the lab. New research shows…
How a ‘Living Drug’ Could Treat Autoimmune Disease
CAR-T therapy has been successful at treating cancer. Now, it’s driven lupus into remission in a…
A GMO Purple Tomato Is Coming to Stores. Will the US Bite?
Most genetically engineered foods were developed to aid farmers. This one will try to sway over…
How Does a Variant-Specific Covid Booster Work?
The latest vaccines are designed to target the currently circulating Omicron variants—and head off a winter…
An Effort to ID Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Raises Privacy Issues
The project will match the victims’ DNA to that of their descendants—but uses a genealogy website…
This Man Set the Record for Wearing a Brain-Computer Interface
Implanted devices let people control computers and prosthetic limbs with their minds. But nobody knows how…
Police Used a Baby’s DNA to Investigate Its Father for a Crime
Small pinpricks of blood are used to screen newborns for serious health conditions—but this genetic data…
A Bioengineered Cornea Shows It Can Improve People’s Sight
Donated human corneas are scarce in places where they’re most needed. A version made from pig…
The Pigs Died. Then Scientists Revived Their Cells
A new system for keeping body tissues functional after death could help make more organs available…