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Scientists have gene-hacked mice to produce their own Ozempic-like drugs, paving a path for humans to do so themselves one day.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Gene Hack Mice So Their Livers Produce Their Own Ozempic-Like Drug

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

Rogue Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Gear Up for More Human Experiments

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Says Ethics Are “Holding Back” Scientific Progress

By Noor Al-Sibai

Talk about a glow up. Bioluminescent houseplants are now a thing, and they're gonna put those old Chia Pets to shame.
Science & Energy

You Can Now Buy Gene-Hacked Houseplants That Glow in the Dark

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers gene-hacked a strain of bacteria to turn wasteful polyethylene plastic into a spider silk-like material as strong as Kevlar.
Science & Energy

Scientists Gene-Hack Bacteria to Turn Waste Plastic Into Kevlar-Like Spider Silk

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The lab-born primate, developed by Chinese scientists, made history as the world's first live-born "chimeric" monkey. And: he glowed! Green!
Gene Editing

Scientists Create Gene-Hacked Monkey That Glowed Green

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In an effort to combat balding, a team of scientists claims to have successfully gene-hacked mouse stem cells to stimulate hair growth.
Gene Editing

Gene Hacking Offers Hope for Regrowing Bald Guys’ Hair

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists in China claim to have genetically modified tobacco plants to be able to produce cocaine — but don't get too excited just yet, kids.
Developments

Scientists Gene Hack Random Plant to Grow Cocaine

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Living Carbon has gone back to carbon capture's literal roots, but with a twist: they've created genetically-modified, fast-growing trees.
Climate Change

Startup Says It’s Gene Hacked Trees to Suck Up More Climate-Destroying CO2

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists say that a little gene hacking turned adorable hamsters into vicious monstrosities. Let that be a lesson to you!
Science & Energy

Scientists Gene Hack Hamsters Into Hyper-Aggressive Monsters

By Noor Al-Sibai

Army researchers found a way to genetically alter disease-spreading mosquitoes to be infertile, hopefully presenting a tool to limit disease transmission.
Military

The Army Gene-Hacked Disease-Spreading Mosquitoes To Make Them Infertile

By Dan Robitzski

A tech startup says it's gene-hacked trees to asborb and sequester more climate change-inducing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
Science & Energy

A Startup Is Working on Gene Hacked Trees to Gobble Up Tons of Climate-Destroying Carbon Dioxide

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists gene-hacked mice to produce a nerve-healing protein that treated their total paraplegia and allowed them to walk again.
RX and Medicine

Genetic Engineering Makes Paralyzed Mice Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists identified a gene that allows coral to survive hot water, and they want to gene-hack it into reefs to protect against climate change.
Climate Change

Scientists Want to Gene-Hack Coral Reefs to Survive Climate Change

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

New Injection Can Gene-Edit Specific Parts of the Brain, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

Rising temperatures are a big problem for the dairy industry, so scientists are gene-hacking cows to keep them cool and help them survive.
Climate Change

Scientists Tried to Gene Hack Cows to Survive Climate Change but the Cows Died

By Dan Robitzski