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Researchers use a cutting-edge technique to restore activity to the fragile X syndrome gene.
The most valuable college majors will prepare students for a world right out a science fiction novel.
Scientists are investigating whether it’s possible to give modern elephants an ancient boost by reviving woolly mammoth DNA—all to curb climate change.
Experts caution about the dangers of the current technological revolution at the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
You may not recognize the names, but these seven scientists have improved the lives of people the world over.
His book warns us of the dangers of mass media, passivity, and how even an intelligent population can be driven to gladly choose dictatorship over freedom.
Jennifer Doudna, the CRISPR co-creator, says that the genie of genetic engineering might be hard to put back in the bottle.
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Has CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna invented the Pandora's Box of genetic engineering, or can CRISPR be used for the forces of good?
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Researchers succeed in deleting key genes from ants, significantly modifying their behavior.
In case you haven’t already heard of CRISPR-Cas9, it is the revolutionary gene-editing technology, discovered just a few years ago, that allows scientists to edit the DNA of any species […]
Humans already know how to manipulate animal genomes through selective breeding, but there has been no appetite to try on humans what is the norm for dogs. That's a good thing, says Dawkins.
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Scientists have used CRISPR-Cas9 to clone virus-free piglets as organ donors for humans.
Gene editing tool CRISPR could soon be lifting a page straight out of a Michael Crichton novel.
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Here are some of the most impactful scientific achievements in a year full of discoveries.
The first in-body gene-editing experiment has just begun.
One of CRISPR-cas9’s inventors has just announced the arrival of an inexpensive, portable diagnostic tool: SHERLOCK.
U.S. scientists have successfully repaired DNA in a human embryo for the first time.
We can “read” genes with ease now, but still can’t say what most of them “mean.” To show why we need clearer “causology” and fitter metaphors, let's scrutinize cars and their parts like we do bodies and genes.
“The human skin is a promising conduit for genetic engineering, as it is the largest and most accessible organ.”
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Geneticist Jennifer Doudna on the profound implications of her CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology for the future of humanity.
Career global security expert Richard Clarke identifies three potential game changing events that could adversely affect the wellbeing of humanity itself.
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First, let me tell you how smart I am. So smart. My fifth-grade teacher said I was gifted in mathematics and, looking back, I have to admit that she was […]
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A new system proposes a voucher system for the .S. that could increase organ donations.
T.C. Boyle will read his short story "Are We Not Men?" at the Los Angeles Hope Festival on Sunday, May 21. The event is free but seats are limited. RSVP here.
Creating a race of super soldiers is off the table, too.
The first clinical trials on humans of CRISPR-Cas9-edited genes has begun in China.
Has technology advanced enough that we could stitch together body parts and reanimate the dead? Bill Nye one-ups that old-school Frankenstein vision with newer (and cooler) scientific possibilities.
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Harvard scientists say they are two years away from creating a hybrid embryo with mammoth traits.