Genetics

A team of researchers have injected a gene-editing serum into a live patient's liver with the goal of lowering their cholesterol.

Heart Saver

This could be a game changer.

Doctors Gene-Edit Patient's Liver to Make Less Cholesterol

A long-running human trial has shown that CRISPR gene editing could prove to be a highly effective way of treating two rare blood disorders.

Blood Type

This is really promising.

Patients Treated With CRISPR Still "Cured" Three Years Later

The rise of  “genetic paparazzi” is imminent, and courts are poorly ill-equipped to deal with the potential consequences of celebrity DNA theft.

celebrity cloning

"Imagine being able to produce a child with your favorite movie star using the DNA from a strand of hair or flake of skin."

Professors Warn That Creeps Might Start Stealing DNA From Celebs For Dark Purposes

Using a new gene therapy technique, researchers at the University of California San Diego reduced neuropathic pain in mice that were experiencing spinal cord or other nerve injuries — and with no side effects.

Deleting Pain

This could be huge.

Scientists Eliminate Chronic Pain in Mice and Primates Using Gene Therapy

Storing DNA

"And it'll be used for good, right?"

Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database

An international team of researchers claim to have slowed the signs of aging in mice by resetting their cells to younger states.

Turning Back the Clock

"The technique is both safe and effective in mice."

Scientists "Elated" by Treatment They Say Made Mice Genetically Younger

Researchers in China believe that we need to do more to protect children born with edited genomes — and propose building a facility to study them.

Designer Baby Daycare

The kids would be regularly checked for “abnormalities."

Scientists Call for Special Facility to Care for Genetically Modified Children

In her new book "The Genesis Machine," futurist Amy Webb warns that terrorists could create viruses in a lab and use them for nefarious purposes.

What's Next?

"The last thing we need right now is a biological arms race."

Scientists Warn That Terrorists Could Release a Horrifying Virus

To keep the gene-hacked pig heart beating during the historic operation earlier this month, surgeons used a drug cocktail that includes cocaine.

Heart Doing Lines

"The cocaine name pops out because everybody thinks, 'Oh my God, what is cocaine doing in here?'"

The Pig-Human Heart Transplant's Secret Weapon? Cocaine

One of the world's predominant futurists believes that we're not too far off from breaking the genetic mold.

Polycule Parenting

The applications for reproductive tech at this scale would be endless in every direction. 

Expert Says Children Will Soon Have More than Two Biological Parents

For the first time ever, a team of US surgeons have transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a living human — a huge milestone.

Pig Hearts

"It was either die or do this transplant."

Doctors Transplant Gene-Hacked Pig Heart Into Living Human Patient

Billionaire and Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong has launched a new "epigenetic reprogramming" company with the goal of extending the human health span.

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