Genetics

Latest in Genetics

Researchers have found that human stem cells are constantly under stress in the microgravity of space, activating the "dark genome."
Genetics

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese scientists have developed beautiful, sun-charged succulents that store light and glow it back at you for hours in a variety of colors.
Genetics

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists developed an anti viral therapy that mimics the infection fighting properties of a rare genetic mutation in people.
Genetics

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists have developed a new more precise gene editing technique that uses AI to predict how cells repair their DNA.
Gene Editing

By Sharon Adarlo

A troubling new IVF startup claims it can predict a child's IQ and risk of disease based on the parent's race and genetic testing.
Genetics

By Joe Wilkins

New research suggests that DNA sequences historically considered to be "junk" have had an overlooked role in gene expression this whole time.
DNA

By Frank Landymore

An Austin eugenics startup apparently counts billionaire Elon Musk and his girlfriend, Neuralink director Shivon Zilis, among its clients.
Genetics

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of scientists in the United Kingdom are making synthetic human DNA from scratch in a world's first.
DNA

By Sharon Adarlo

Each can comes secured in a "lab-sealed specimen jar," containing Ozzy's signature, and of course, a sample of his spit.
DNA

By Joe Wilkins

The consumer-genomics company 23andMe just sold its biobank of customer genetic data to drugmaker Regeneron for $256 million.
DNA

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a type of CRISPR gene-edited pig for human consumption.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

As Nature reports, consumer-genomics company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy — and legal permission to auction off all of that data.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

That mad scientist who created designer babies is, apparently, gearing up for more human gene-hacking research.
Gene Editing

By Noor Al-Sibai

Genetics firm 23andMe, maker of the once-popular take-home DNA testing kits, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, casting a looming shadow.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

The scientist who went to prison for gene hacking a pair of twins in China is now decrying the ethics that punished him.
Genetics

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists at the "de-extinction" startup Colossal Biosciences studied mammoth DNA to recreate their woolly hair in lab mice.
Genetics

By Frank Landymore