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House Republicans block pediatric care funding as war on gender-affirming care for transgender Americans escalates
House Republicans who waged fierce political battles over Obamacare and abortion have found a new focus: gender-affirming care ...
Viewpoint: ‘Unless we want to cut down our forests, we need to improve our crop yields’ — Practical biotech-based sustainable solutions are right in front of us
To feed a hotter and drier planet, Stanford scientists are building a smarter plant. The team has genetically reprogrammed plants, ...
Californians debate release of genetically engineered insects with a DNA ‘kill switch’ to fight disease
A biotech firm is seeking permission to release genetically modified mosquitoes into the open air of California for the first ...
Cure for sickle cell diseases inches closer with launch of gene therapy trial
For 65 years, scientists have known the cause of sickle cell disease but have been unable to cure it without ...
UC Berkeley loses another round in legal dispute with Broad Institute over CRISPR patents
A federal appeals court has rejected arguments that UC Berkeley has exclusive rights to patents for the powerful CRISPR gene-editing ...
Exercise and weight loss: 23andMe study to explore how much genes matter
23andMe, following a banner Christmas season for sales of its personal DNA-testing kits, has just announced a large-scale study intended ...
Can we solve the patent issues that threaten CRISPR research?
[Editor's note: Lawrence Horn is President and CEO of MPEG LA, which provides licenses for standards and other technology platforms.] Although recent ...
