MIT Technology Review
Q&A illuminates the ‘golden age’ of memory science
When it comes to the study of memory, we might be living in something of a golden age. Researchers are ...
Q&A illuminates the ‘golden age’ of memory science
When it comes to the study of memory, we might be living in something of a golden age. Researchers are ...
Q&A illuminates the ‘golden age’ of memory science
When it comes to the study of memory, we might be living in something of a golden age. Researchers are ...
Video: Genetic engineering allows MIT researchers to implant false memories
Can you install a false memory in the brain? Researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown ...
Scientists call for careful regulation of species-altering ‘gene drive’ technology
Scientists working at the cutting-edge of genetics say one possible application of a powerful new technology called genome editing has ...
In the future, brain implants will cure paralysis and disease
nside the biomedical electronics lab at GE Global Research in Niskayuna, New York, Jeff Ashe, a principal engineer, holds up ...
Personalized vaccines treat kidney cancer
A highly personalized medical technique is allowing patients with advanced kidney cancer to live nearly three times as long as ...
Label food, but do it right: Scare-based labels hurt everybody
In early May, Vermont governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill into law that requires a label for any foods produced ...
MIT-Harvard Institute patents CRISPR gene editing technique
One of the most important genetic technologies developed in recent years is now patented, and researchers are wondering what they ...
Beefing up livestock with GM crops
New methods of genome editing for precise DNA changes of living organisms could make varieties of crops easier for farm animals ...
Patients avoid thyroid surgery with help of gene test
Later this year, doctors in the U.S. will be able to use a gene test to guide thyroid cancer surgery ...
$1,000 genome Is here
Today, because examining the whole genome has been so costly, most clinical and research labs look only at the exome, ...
Rewriting the genome with surgical precision
New, precise methods for genome engineering, like CRISPR and TALENs are poised to change the face of genetic disease ...
Why genetically engineering microbes to make biofuel failed
Biotech company LS9 launched in 2005 with great ambitions: founded by premier scientists and top-flight venture capitalists, it planned to ...
CRISPR can create viable, genetically modified monkeys
Researchers at Nanjing Medical University and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research in Kunming, China, have created genetically modified ...
$1000 genome may finally be in sight
Despite all the talk, no company has yet met the goal of sequencing a human genome for $1,000 or less ...
MIT Technology Review makes ‘green’ argument for genetically modified food
Advances in genetic engineering have opened doors for scientists to tackle some of the biggest threats to agriculture in a ...
Non-invasive prenatal screening: Too much information?
With non-invasive prenatal screenings comes the ability to read more and more into the genetics of unborn babies. Can we ...
Gene tests no help in determining blood thinner treaments
In recent years, DNA variants in two different genes have been linked to how much blood thinner a patient needs ...
Genomics technology races to save newborns
Earlier this month, doctors at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City were able to use rapid DNA sequencing and analysis ...
Drug trial, dubbed ‘Master Protocol,’ uses tumor genomics to customize treatments
According to a new article, the future of cancer drug research may lie in drug trials that are based on ...
Test can tell genome of a woman’s egg even before it is used in IVF
Fertility doctors in Beijing are testing a new method for genome analysis of human eggs before using them for in ...
New gene therapy company launches
A new biotechnology company will take over human trials of two gene therapies that could offer one-time treatments for a ...
Genetically modified bacteria produce fifty percent more fuel
Researchers at UCLA have opened a path to cheaper and cleaner biofuels by using genetic engineering to fundamentally change how ...
Bacteria possible new source of biofuel
Researchers tweaked genes in E. Coli bacteria so that instead of producing carbon dioxide as a waste product, they produce ...
Steve Jobs’s legacy in personalized medicine
The tech industry's investment in personalized medicine and cancer genome sequencing is pushing the field forward ...
When will gene therapy come to the U.S.?
For patients with genetic diseases, gene therapy could offer a lifetime of benefits after a single treatment. For cancer patients, ...
Gene therapy developers aiming for release in the US
Of the several gene therapies that have already advanced to human trials, one of them hopes to seek approval from ...
