The Crispr-Cas9 intellectual property battle forced scientists to innovate quickly, rendering the expensive, drawn-out legal process…
Author: Megan Molteni
23andMe Cuts Off the DNA App Ecosystem It Created
Fearing pseudoscience and privacy breaches, 23andMe is shutting down access to the third-party diet, fitness and…
Startups Flock to Turn Young Blood Into an Elixir of Youth
A new startup, Elevian, is joining a host of other companies trying to disrupt death.
Crispr Halted Muscular Dystrophy in Dogs. Are Humans Next?
Gene editing halted the progression of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy in dogs
Meet the Rosehip Cell, a New Kind of Human Neuron
Transcriptome sequencing technologies are opening the doors to a new era of cellular discovery, and not…
China Gets Another Crispr First With Embryo Base Editing
Scientists in China have used a cutting-edge Crispr technique to repair a disease-causing mutation in viable…
Before Using Birth Control Apps, Consider Your Privacy
All your industrious tracking of periods, ***, and basal body temperature is also valuable as a…
After 13 Years, Scientists Finally Map the Massive Wheat Genome
The first high-quality, complete sequence of the bread wheat genome could support the creation of the…
Wildfire Smoke Is Smothering the US—Even Where You Don’t Expect It
“Minnesota actually gets just about the most smoke days of any state in the US, you…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Built to Survive a Brush With the Sun
Here’s how the Parker probe was engineered to withstand temperatures spiking to over a million degrees…