New gene-editing tools may help wipe out mosquito-borne diseases
National
9 months ago
MIAMI — In the age-old war of human versus mosquitoes, the bugs have been winning. At least 700,000 ...
gene editing
Sickle cell patient's journey leads to landmark approval of gene-editing treatment
Health
10 months ago
Four years ago, Victoria Gray was lying in a hospital bed, exhausted by a lifetime with sickle cell ...
Mosquitoes spread malaria. These researchers want them to fight it instead
Health
1 year ago
Mosquitoes carry malaria, which kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. Now some researcher...
His baby gene editing shocked ethicists. Now he's in the lab again
International
1 year ago
BEIJING — In a mostly empty coworking office on the outskirts of China's capital, a scientist whose ...
Ethical concerns temper optimism about gene-editing for human diseases
Health
1 year ago
It's still far too premature to try to use powerful new technologies to edit genes that can be passe...