Antonio Regalado
We are in the midst of a consumer DNA ‘testing frenzy’
By the start of 2019, more than 26 million consumers had added their DNA to four leading commercial ancestry and ...
Are DIY designer babies a real possibility?
[Bryan] Bishop, a 29-year-old programmer and Bitcoin investor, has been leaving a trail of comments about human “enhancement” on the ...
Stanford investigating whether faculty has ties to controversial Chinese CRISPR baby experiment
Officials at Stanford University have opened an investigation into what several high-profile faculty members knew about a Chinese effort to ...
Why we don’t have to worry about ‘designer babies’: Altering intelligence is too hard
One of the main worries that the public has about CRISPR is that it could be used to create “designer babies” with increased levels ...
Why 2018 was such a big year for DNA data
These were some of the surprising new uses of DNA information that emerged over the last 12 months as genetic ...
Chinese researcher’s claims of gene-edited babies prompts investigation
A Chinese researcher who claims to have created the first gene-edited babies, He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and ...
Inside a couple’s quest to pay for an experimental gene therapy to save their children
“We need your help, we really do,” Gary [Landsman] says, his voice breaking. The Landsmans’ two sons—Benny, then 18 months, ...
Storing movies on DNA pellets? School-bus-sized gene storage machine may help pave the way
In a world awash with data, DNA is a hugely compact way to store it. The data on every iPhone, PC, ...
Why is former basketball player Shawn Bradley so tall? His DNA could offer the answer
As a first-round draft pick from Brigham Young University, Shawn Bradley caused a hubbub during the 1993 NBA draft. That ...
CRISPR treatment for dogs with muscular dystrophy could one day lead to a cure for humans
Dogs suffering from muscular dystrophy are having their genomes edited with CRISPR, and the results are “mind-blowing.” Researchers from Texas ...
Rekindling the debate over using CRISPR to edit human embryos
Facing criticism from fellow scientists, the researcher behind the world’s largest effort to edit human embryos with CRISPR is vowing ...
Can genes predict our chances of educational success?
The largest-ever genetic study on human cognition has found more than 1,000 links between people’s genes and how far they ...
Scientist chases cure for her rare brain disorder using ‘clear genetic blueprint’
In 2011, Sonia Vallabh was handed a genetic report that contained a death sentence. But it also held a map ...
Could printable lungs solve transplant shortage?
[Recently] I had the chance to hold a replica of the upper part of a human airway—the windpipe plus the ...
What do we have to fear from synthetic bioweapons?
A study ordered by the US Department of Defense has concluded that new genetic-engineering tools are expanding the range of malicious ...
Will this ‘germ game’ help us prepare for a terror attack using a bioengineered virus?
In June 2001, a group of government officials and journalists play-acted their way through a “germ game,” a fictional scenario ...
This journalist lost a bet, and now he has to put his DNA results on the internet
It all started after the arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer in April. Police had uploaded crime-scene DNA to ...
Can we reverse aging in dogs through gene therapy? If so, humans could be next.
The world’s most influential synthetic biologist is behind a new company that plans to rejuvenate dogs using gene therapy. If ...
So we can clone our pets—are we moving closer to humans?
The story that sent shivers up my spine...was about Monni Must, a Michigan portrait photographer who paid to clone Billy ...
Gene therapy and rare diseases: ‘Is curing patients a sustainable business model?’
An analyst at Goldman Sachs asked a troubling question...about gene therapy. “Is curing patients a sustainable business model?” In social media, reactions ...
MIT Media Lab halts relationship with startup Nectome over storing their brains in fatal ‘brain uploads’
The MIT Media Lab will sever ties with a brain-embalming company that promoted euthanasia to people hoping for digital immortality ...
Precision education: DNA test for intelligence could be on the horizon
Ready for a world in which a $50 DNA test can predict your odds of earning a PhD or forecast ...
Battling ‘fatty liver’ disease obesity by identifying and gene-silencing mutations
The search for mutations that conjure medical superpowers has turned up people who are resistant to liver disease, even if ...
Counting on Trump: Approval of biotech animals may rely on circumventing FDA
The lobbying effort to get the FDA out of the way of biotech animals is under way. ... [Recombinetics] is ...
DNA fortune telling: Genetic tests could determine disease destiny from birth
There’s never been data available on as many people’s genes as there is today. And that wealth of information is ...
Searching for sleep: Genome mining project looks for insomnia links
In a genetic study of unprecedented size, scientists have searched for inherited causes of insomnia in the DNA [of] 1,310,010 ...
Gene therapy setback? Animal deaths in treating muscular dystrophy spark new concerns over high doses
An influential scientist involved in gene therapy’s biggest setback, the death of a study volunteer 19 years ago, has issued a ...
Is President Trump pro-GMO?
“We are streamlining regulations that have blocked cutting-edge biotechnology, setting free our farmers to innovate, thrive, and to grow,” Trump told a ...
