Dr. Alison Todd’s Inventions May Save Your Life
“At the risk of sounding arrogant, I would say one of my greatest and ongoing challenges stems from being ...
Tag: genetics
New Jersey Keeps Newborn DNA for 23 Years. Parents Are Suing
The Institute for Justice, a libertarian nonprofit, and the parents behind the lawsuit claim there’s no reason for the ...
New Trials Aim to Restore Hearing in Deaf Children—With Gene Therapy
While the Novartis trial was happening, Lustig and others were working on ways to restore hearing in genetic forms ...
A Groundbreaking Human Brain Cell Atlas Just Dropped
Today, an international team of researchers shared an extraordinarily detailed atlas of human brain cells, mapping its staggering diversity ...
23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews
The genetic testing company 23andMe confirmed on Friday that data from a subset of its users has been compromised. ...
DNA Drives Help Identify Missing People. It’s a Privacy Nightmare
That’s why Natalie Ram, a law professor at the University of Maryland, cautions that, although families of missing loved ...
Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome
OK, you’ve lost me. What do you mean by “bring in a molecule”?It literally just means allowing a molecule ...
Preferring Biological Children Is Immoral
Recently, a close friend told me how much he wanted to be a parent one day. I asked if ...
The Mystery Genes That Are Keeping You Alive | WIRED
When it came to the substantial number that were unknown, the team conducted one more study, using the best ...
The Viruses That Could Cure Cancer (or Wipe Out Humanity)
Gideon Lichfield: OK, but let me play the synthetic biology devil's advocate for a second.Lauren Goode: OK, OK.Gideon Lichfield: ...
