Genome Surgery
Precise and easy ways to rewrite human genes could finally provide the tools that researchers need to understand and cure some of our most deadly genetic diseases.Over the last decade, as...
View ArticleGenome Editing
The ability to create primates with intentional mutations could provide powerful new ways to study complex and genetically baffling brain disorders.
View ArticleMore than a Hundred Genetic Variants Tied to Schizophrenia
A multinational research collaboration has identified more than 100 genetic loci associated with an increased risk for the psychiatric disease.To a large extent, schizophrenia and other psychiatric...
View ArticleWho Owns the Biggest Biotech Discovery of the Century?
There’s a bitter fight over the patents for CRISPR, a breakthrough new form of DNA editing.Last month in Silicon Valley, biologists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier showed up in black gowns...
View Article23andMe’s New Formula: Patient Consent = $
How a consumer genetics company amassed a database of willing research participants.Facebook generates about $8 a year in revenue from each of its users. But what if you offered a company not just your...
View ArticleInternet of DNA
A global network of millions of genomes could be medicine’s next great advance.Availability: 1-2 years
View ArticleScientists Call for a Summit on Gene-Edited Babies
Nobel Prize winners raise alarm over genetic engineering of humans.A group of senior American scientists and ethics experts is calling for debate on the gene-engineering of humans, warning that...
View ArticleGenome Study Predicts DNA of the Whole of Iceland
Large genome databases are starting to reveal critical health information—even about people who have not contributed their DNA.The CEO of an Icelandic gene-hunting company says he is able to identify...
View ArticleAncestry Moves Further into Consumer Genetics
The company that began as a source of genealogical data now hopes to marry that information with DNA data—and sell it for research.With the Thursday launch of its AncestryHealth website, Ancestry...
View ArticleNow You Can Genetically Engineer Living Cells with a Home Kit. Should You?
A new kit called Amino promises home-brew bioengineering for less than the price of a MacBook.Amino, a complete starter kit for folks who want to get in on the bioengineering game, starts at $700...
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