Future Human
An ‘off button’ for pain? CRISPR could stop the opioid crisis by tackling chronic pain at the source
[In 2006, researchers found a family in Pakistan with] mutations in a gene called SCN9A. Two other families in northern ...
CRISPR ‘super corn’ with more kernels could reduce land, fertilizer and water use
Thanks to selective breeding over the course of some 9,000 years, humans were able to transform an ancient wild grass ...