cventer

Craig Venter’s vision to print life, generate vaccines

Daniela Hernandez | Wired |
Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine and inject it at home, contagion averted ...
e a x

Stem cells show early promise for rare brain disorder

Emily Underwood | Wired |
Four young boys with a rare, fatal brain condition have made it through a dangerous ordeal. Scientists have safely transplanted ...

Khoe-San people represent earliest branch off human family tree

Ian Steadman | Wired |
The Khoe-San people of southern Africa have been recognised as one of the earliest-formed distinct human genetic groups for several ...

Genes and drugs: Would sports be better off legalizing doping?

Ian Steadman | Wired |
Poor Lance Armstrong. The seven-time Tour de France winner has been stripped of his famous victories by the United States ...

New DNA encyclopedia attempts to map function of entire human genome

Brandon Keim | Wired |
Hundreds of thousands of new genomic pieces, catalogued for the very first time, are contained in the data, which is ...

Genetics test reveals your cat’s ancestry

Liat Clark | Wired |
Ever wondered whether your feline hails from eastern Asia or the eastern Mediterranean? No need to rack your brain anymore ...
superweeds

GM crops + herbicides = Super-Superweeds?

Brandon Keim | Wired |
Herbicide-resistant superweeds threaten to overgrow U.S. fields, so agriculture companies have genetically engineered a new generation of plants to withstand ...