Wynne Parry
Is science finally getting gene therapy right in the effort to fight intractable diseases?
Over time, researchers have devised a number of ways to manipulate the genetic activity within cells, often by giving them ...
RNA plays role in cellular communication
For decades, researchers have been finding DNA and its sister, RNA, circulating in the body, outside the safe interior of ...
Evolution as opportunist
Evolution is littered with examples of opportunism. Hosts infected by viruses found new uses for the genetic material the agents ...
How a homely lemur’s genome may help save it
The following is an edited excerpt. With its wide-set yellow eyes, oversize ears and long, skeletal fingers, the aye-aye is ...
Designing life: The ethics of engineering babies
The following is an excerpt. The increasing power and accessibility of genetic technology may one day give parents the option of modifying ...