Viewpoint: 23andMe blames its users for the data hack that revealed the names, addresses and genetic information of people with Jewish and Chinese heritage

Viewpoint: 23andMe blames users for data hack that revealed names, addresses and genetic information of people with Jewish and Chinese heritage

Mack DeGeurin | Guardian | 
23andMe pointed at people who ‘failed to update their passwords’ as sensitive data was offered for sale on forums ...
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UK scientists support loosening restrictions limiting embryo research

Hannah Devlin | Guardian | 
Scientists are calling for a review of the UK's 14-day rule on embryo research, saying that extending the limit could help ...
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Here’s how and why early humans created our world of mostly dark-eyed dogs

Nicola Davis | Guardian | 
Researchers suggest that human preferences for a friendly face may have steered the evolution of canine eye colour ...
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Night owls vs mourning doves: Neanderthal genes explain why some people find it easy to wake up early

Ian Sample | Guardian | 
Scientists find genes inherited from our prehistoric cousins increase tendency to rise early – useful in regions with short winter ...
Move over, Ozempic: Vibrating pill can satiate hunger, leading to weight loss

Move over, Ozempic: Vibrating pill can satiate hunger, leading to weight loss

Nicola Davis | Guardian | 
Dieters may have an answer now as research showed that a vibrating pill, swallowed before eating, that creates feelings of ...
Scent on the brain: Decline in olfactory abilities can signal conditions such as Alzheimer’s

Scent on the brain: Decline in olfactory abilities can signal conditions such as Alzheimer’s

Nicola Davis | Guardian | 
Now researchers say our sense of smell, and its connection to our memory, could be used to help fight dementia ...
Eliminating bird flu: How gene-edited chickens could mitigate threats

Eliminating bird flu: How gene-edited chickens could mitigate threats

Hannah Devlin | Guardian | 
In a recent gene editing study, my colleagues and I showcased the potential of gene editing to protect chickens from the threat ...
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COP28: Farming is major part of agenda at this global climate crisis conference

Fiona Harvey | Guardian | 
Greenhouse gas emissions from farming and the land use change that often accompanies it, such as clearing forests and drying ...
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The evolution of cuteness (or why Ryan Gosling’s Ken has captured so many hearts worldwide)

Joshua Paul Dale | Guardian | 
The big idea: The question of how to trigger the cuteness response has implications beyond toys and movies ...
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The Coming Wave: DeepMind co-founder’s book sends terrifying warning about AI and synthetic biology – but how seriously should we take it?

Scott Shapiro | Guardian | 
The Coming Wave is DeepMind founder Mustafa Suleyman’s book-length warning about technological expansionism: in close to 300 pages, he sets ...
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Genes and sexuality: Could epigenetics help us understand the mystery of sexual orientation?

Benjamin Oldroyd | Guardian | 
Reports of genes that “cause” human homosexuality (and many other human behaviours) have failed to stand up to scrutiny – ...
Do opposites really attract? Partners in most successful relationships share political views, education levels, drinking habits and more

Do opposites really attract? Partners in most successful relationships share political views, education levels, drinking habits and more

Ian Sample | Guardian | 
Scientists find that most partners have shared traits including political views, education levels and drinking habits ...
Viewpoint: Bringing the mammoth back — Is it time to slow down de-extinction mania?

Viewpoint: Bringing the mammoth back — Is it time to slow down de-extinction mania?

Mike Benton | Guardian | 
De-extinction is the science of restoring lost species and it has been in the news, sporadically, for decades ...
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Podcast: Debating doppelgangers — How do two completely different people end up with the same face?

Madeline Finlay, Manel Esteller | Guardian | 
What can doppelgangers tell us about nature versus nurture? – podcast ...
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Viewpoint: Breakthroughs in effort to create ‘synthetic’ embryos have sparked criticism — but the research could help us reduce prevalence of miscarriages and genetic disorders

Philip Ball | Guardian | 
Are human embryo models a cause for hope or alarm? A recent breakthrough in the race to create ‘synthetic’ embryos ...
This hardy pea plant is climate-change resistant, but sometimes poisonous. Here’s how gene editing could turn it into a ‘climate crisis’ crop

This hardy pea plant is climate-change resistant, but sometimes poisonous. Here’s how gene editing could turn it into a ‘climate crisis’ crop

Robin McKie | Guardian | 
It is grown in some of the world’s most inhospitable, arid regions and is noted for being rich in protein ...
Podcast: Future fertility — In the coming world of synthetic embryos, can regulation keep up?

Podcast: Future fertility — In the coming world of synthetic embryos, can regulation keep up?

Hannah Devlin, Madeleine Finlay | Guardian | 
Synthetic human embryos: can the law keep pace with the science? – podcast ...
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No need for sperm or eggs: Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells

Hannah Devlin | Guardian | 
Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issues ...
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Podcast: UK baby born from three ‘parents’ stirs hope and concerns

The pioneering IVF procedure known as mitochondrial donation therapy (MDT) could prevent children from being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases ...
Australia slated to approve country’s first genetically modified crop: Disease-resistant bananas

Australia slated to approve country’s first genetically modified crop: Disease-resistant bananas

Donna Lu | Guardian | 
Scientists have submitted Australia’s first genetically modified fruit – a Cavendish banana – to regulators for approval, saying it has ...
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‘Groundbreaking IVF procedure’: First three-parent baby born in the UK through mitochondrial donation treatment

Ian Sample | Guardian | 
The first UK baby created with DNA from three people has been born after doctors performed a groundbreaking IVF procedure ...
Do bees have emotions and dreams?

Do bees have emotions and dreams?

Annette McGivney | Guardian | 
This March, ecologist Stephen Buchmann released a book that unpacks just how varied and powerful a bee’s mind really is ...
Could a vaccine rejectionist become the next US president? Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announces bid for 2024 election

Could a vaccine rejectionist become the next US president? Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announces bid for 2024 election

Guardian | 
Robert F Kennedy Jr, an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the most famous American political families, is running ...
CRISPR cats and dogs? Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals raises alarm the pets could be ‘created’ with extreme features under new UK gene editing law

CRISPR cats and dogs? Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raises alarm that pets could be ‘created’ with extreme features under new UK gene editing law

Helena Horton | Guardian | 
Pets could be gene-edited under new English law, says RSPCA: Act opens door to technology being used to create cats ...
Biocomputers: Human brain cells may run computers of the future

Next generation medicine: Will the people who most need gene therapy and gene-editing tools have access to them?

Hannah Devlin, Ian Sample | Guardian | 
One of greatest risks of gene editing tools ‘is that the people who would benefit most will not be able ...
Addressing childhood trauma: Could epigenetic gene editing reduce the likelihood of developing mental illness?

Addressing childhood trauma: Could epigenetic gene editing reduce the likelihood of developing mental illness?

Ida Emilie Steinmark | Guardian | 
Many researchers now think that childhood trauma biologically embeds itself in our bodies, alters how our genes work and puts ...
What guardrails should be set when using gene editing to improve our species? March global meeting of scientists will address

What guardrails should be set when using gene editing to improve our species? March global meeting of scientists will address

Robin McKie | Guardian | 
As the world’s top human genome editing researchers gather in London, the ethical issues posed by pioneering scientific advances will ...
The human genome used in most healthcare is based on one American’s DNA. With personalized medicine booming, that’s a problem

Human genome data used in most healthcare research is based on one American’s DNA. With personalized medicine booming, that’s a problem

Ida Emilie Steinmark | Guardian | 
Healthcare’s standard genome is mostly based on one American. As we enter the era of personalised medicine, this bias has ...
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