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Latest in Genetics

Scientists study the immortal jellyfish to learn about its DNA reproduction, life cycle and telomeres. New research reveals its special genes.
Genetics

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The late Nichelle Nichols's DNA is to be launched into space on a Vulcan rocket, and will be joining Gene Roddenberry on the final flight of the Enterprise.
DNA

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists in the UK have created "synthetic" mouse embryos without egg or sperm cells. It's a breakthrough in the field of genetic engineering.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

Your Doppelganger May Have Strikingly Similar Genes, Habits
DNA

By Frank Landymore

New Jersey has revealed that it used a newborn DNA sample to charge the child's father with a crime from 1996, which begs the question — what next?
DNA

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists in the Netherlands managed to successfully insert human muscle genes into a bit of baker's yeast for the first time.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

A Colorado lawmaker warned that DNA-based bioweapons are on the horizon — and that private DNA-testing companies may make that possible by selling data.
Gene Editing

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Almost 47 years later, a discarded coffee cup containing DNA may be the key to solving an infamous cold case in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
DNA

By Frank Landymore

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

By Victor Tangermann

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.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

Animal researchers in the UK are teaming up with Chester Zoo to save endangered animal species from going extinct using crogenetically frozen tissues.
DNA

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database
DNA

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago say research shows binge drinking effects in youth can be reversed with CRISPR gene editing.
Gene Editing

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists have discovered the building blocks of DNA in meteorites that landed in North America and Australia, Reuters reports.
DNA

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Victor Tangermann

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.
Gene Editing

By Tony Ho Tran

The 500-pound bear known as Hank the Tank became perhaps the cutest and yet most terrifying criminal in the US justice system in many centuries this week.
DNA

By Lonnie Lee Hood

San Francisco cops are accused of entering the DNA of sexual assault victims into a database to help identify criminals — resulting in at least one arrest.
DNA

By Tony Ho Tran

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.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Victor Tangermann

According to a recent tweet, Lil Nas X would love to go all the way — and perform sexual acts with himself. But will science ever make his dream come true?
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have made a surprising discovery that could redefine how we understand aging, potentially paving new ways to prevent balding.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

Journals retracted two papers that they say failed to meet ethical standards because they were based on blood samples taken from China's Uyghur population.
Genetics

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have discovered a new DNA structure they call the "Borg" that assimilates genes from other microorganisms in its surroundings.
DNA

By Tony Ho Tran

Sandwich chain Subway is in full damage control mode after a New York Times investigation found last month that there is no trace of tuna DNA in its tuna.
DNA

By Victor Tangermann

A WHO advisory committee recommended against letting researchers gene-hack superhumans or other augmentative edits, urging an emphasis on medicine instead.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

A international team of researchers were able to show that castration of male sheep delays the aging of DNA.The same could apply to humans as well.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

A man was charged with rape after uploading his genetic code to a genaelogy site, giving police the DNA match they needed for a case from 2007.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists created a census of the algae causing the Alps' pink snow to better predict what it means for the changing environment.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found a key difference in how human and mosquito DNA organizes into chromosomes then figured out how to morph them back and forth.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

The International Society for Stem Cell Research just loosened up decades-old restrictions on how long scientists can keep lab-grown embryos alive.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene therapy partially restored a blind man's vision by programming his cells to produce the light-sensitive protein found in algae.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

Oxitec, the biotech company behind the gene-hacked mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, is now planning to release genetically engineered fall armyworms.
Genetics

By Dan Robitzski

The gene-hacked mosquitoes released in the Florida Keys by the biotech company Oxitec are finally old enough to fly and reproduce.
Genetics

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene therapy for SCID, also known as "bubble baby" disease, uses HIV to deliver healthy genes that replace mutated ones.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

A genetic sequencing startup is putting famed geneticist George Church's own DNA for sale as an NFT.
DNA

By Victor Tangermann

New research shows that CRISPR gene-editing tools cause unintended changes to DNA in a shockingly-high number of experiments.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

Vladimir Putin is reportedly terrified of far-fetched genetic weaponry, so security was his top priority when creating a national genetics research program.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers in Sydney have identified a new gene in zebrafish that could allow human hearts to repair themselves following a heart attack.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists accidentally discovered that their experimental gene therapy could restore a blind patient's vision for over 15 months.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists can now filter freely-floating DNA out of the air, allowing them to track and monitor what animals are in the area.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

Quantum phenomena like proton tunneling can, in unusual cases, cause point mutations in human DNA, according to a new study.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Chinese scientists have developed a gene therapy that was shown to reverse some aspects of aging and extend lifespans in mice.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have managed to program data into the DNA of living bacteria for the first time, allowing the data to be passed on to the next generation.
DNA

By Victor Tangermann

A physics student used a scanning tunneling microscope to built a "Christmas tree" that's barely thicker than a DNA strand.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA just approved a gene-hacked pig that was specifically engineered to not produce the allergen alpha-gal for human consumption.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

John Ratcliffe, the U.S. national intelligence cirector, wrote in an op-ed that China experimented on military members to try and create supersoldiers.
Genetics

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new book, Chinese scientist He Jiankui had the support of several Communist Party officials while working on his gene-editing experiments.
Gene Editing

By Victor Tangermann

By reversing molecular changes that happen naturally with age, a team of scientists restored vision to blind mice that they made more genetically youthful.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

A new delivery mechanism for gene-editing enzymes allows doctors to target specific kinds of cells or regions of the brain.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just announced the discovery of two organisms that eats viruses — the first credible finding of that type of creature.
Gene Editing

By Jon Christian

A Russian biologist plans to gene-hack more CRISPR babies in an attempt to prevent deafness despite other scientists' warnings.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists mapped the physical structure of the coronavirus' genetic code at an unprecedented level of detail in hopes that they can find ways to stop it.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski

This is bad: scientists say that a staggering 40 percent of coronavirus cases in Boston can be traced to a single biotech conference.
Gene Editing

By Jon Christian

Genetics research is full of errors because Microsoft Excel reformats some gene names into calendar dates. To fix it, scientists just renamed the genes.
Genetics

By Dan Robitzski

The private equity firm Blackstone just purchased Ancestry as well as its massive databse of customers' genetic information.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

After news broke of the scope of China's DNA-collecting program, scientists and experts warn of enhanced surveillance and persecution.
DNA

By Dan Robitzski

A Genealogy Website Led to a Suspected Killer’s Arrest. Here’s What We Know.
Genetics

By Sarah Marquart

A gene-hacking serum nullified two genes linked to heart health in monkeys. If it works in humans, it could mean a future with no heart disease.
Gene Editing

By Dan Robitzski