biotech

This spring, a U.S. and Chinese team announced that it had successfully grown, for the first time, embryos that included both human and monkey cells.

In the near-term, gene editing is not likely to be useful. Even in the long-term, it may not be very practical.

The potential of CRISPR technology is incredible, but the threats are too serious to ignore.

Are “humanized” pigs the future of medical research?

Reconnecting muscle pairs allows for better sensory feedback from the limb.

Light-emitting tattoos could indicate dehydration in athletes or health conditions in hospital patients.

Scientists are using bioelectronic medicine to treat inflammatory diseases, an approach that capitalizes on the ancient “hardwiring” of the nervous system.

Scientists use high resolution microscopy and computer simulations to create first ever video of DNA movements.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued $8 million in follow-up funding to a team of neuroengineers developing brain-to-brain and brain-to-machine technology.

Researchers find a way to distort laser light to survive a trip through disordered obstacles.

Scientists regenerate damaged spinal cord nerve fibers with designer protein, helping paralyzed mice walk again.

Porcine gene edits may allow such transplants without rejection.

What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.

Singapore has approved the sale of a lab-grown meat product in an effort to secure its food supplies against disease and climate change.

The Google-owned company developed a system that can reliably predict the 3D shapes of proteins.

An overfished planet needs a better solution. Fortunately, it’s coming.

Techshot’s 3D BioFabrication Facility successfully printed human heart tissue aboard the International Space Station.

A recent study tested how well the fungi species Cladosporium sphaerospermum blocked cosmic radiation aboard the International Space Station.

Scientists figured out how a certain treatment for skin cancer gives some patients a visual “superpower.”

Switching over to a vegan-based diet can drastically cut CO2 emissions. But will Americans actually change their diet?

As the American loneliness epidemic reaches alarming new heights, one artist theorizes on what connection might look like in the future.

The FDA calls out creators of genetically tweaked hornless bulls.

Scientists find promising results in trial to reverse biological aging.

A new report sees a major disruption in where we get our food.

Here’s why you might eat greenhouse gases in the future.

Experts say two emerging meat alternatives will challenge the conventional meat industry.

The neuralnanorobotics are coming.

Beefless meat enters the mainstream.

What gives us color now may give rise to our cyborg future.

The controversial herbicide is everywhere, apparently.