Scientist Who Crispr’d Babies Bucked His Own Ethics Policy
He Jiankiu, a Chinese researcher who claims to have edited the DNA of twin babies, now born, also published ethics guidelines directly contradicting his work.
Inside the Lab Training Genome Surgeons to Fight Disease
At the Gladstone Institutes, Crispr pioneer Jennifer Doudna is trying to make genome editing a routine procedure.
This Thanksgiving, Ditch the Food Psychology
Cornell scientist Brian Wansink rocketed to fame by crafting easy, appealing rules on how to avoid overeating. Turns out, though, they're probably not all true.
Now You Can Sequence Your Whole Genome for Just $200
Veritas is offering DNA reading, cheap, for two days. But most consumers don’t understand the difference between that and a 23andMe test.
These DNA Startups Want to Put Your Whole Genome on the Blockchain
Two different marketplaces for genetic data, Nebula and EncrypGen, recently launched with the promise of better protections for their users.
The Risk That Ebola Will Spread to Uganda Is Now ‘Very High’
With the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continuing to spread, neighboring Uganda deploys its health care defenses.
Midterm Election Voters Still Shrug Over Climate Change
Major environmental ballot measures passed in Florida and Nevada, but not in Washington and Arizona.
The Key to a Long Life Has Little to Do With ‘Good Genes’
Alphabet's longevity lab Calico trawled through Ancestry's massive genealogy database to study human longevity—and found that DNA matters less than people have long believed.
How Antivax PACs Helped Shape Midterm Ballots
With political action committees, the modern antivaccine movement is taking its fight for medical freedoms to the campaign trail. And that has public health experts worried.
The Science of the Sniff: Why Dogs Are Great Disease Detectors
Dogs have been trained to detect a dozen human diseases—most recently, malaria—but even these pups may ultimately find their jobs replaced by machines.