Biotechnology A stealthy Harvard startup wants to reverse aging in dogs, and humans could be next Biologist George Church says the idea is to live to 130 in the body of a 22-year-old. by Antonio Regalado 2018-05-09T00:00:00-04:00
Biotechnology This new company wants to sequence your genome and let you share it on a blockchain People will be able to earn cryptocurrency in exchange for letting pharma companies use their data. by Emily Mullin 2018-02-07T17:00:00-05:00
Computing Scientists Used CRISPR to Put a GIF Inside a Living Organism’s DNA Harvard researchers embedded images in the genomes of bacteria to test the limits of DNA storage. by Emily Mullin 2017-07-12T13:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Peter Thiel Is Funding the Effort to Bring Woolly Mammoths Back to Life It’s a book. It’s a major motion picture. But where’s the science? by Antonio Regalado 2017-06-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life CRISPR May Speed Pig-to-Human Transplants Startup says it will edit pigs’ genes to prepare organs for harvest. by Karen Weintraub 2017-03-16T00:00:00-04:00
Biotechnology One Man’s Quest to Hack His Own Genes When Brian Hanley set out to test a gene therapy, he started with himself. by Antonio Regalado 2017-01-10T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Plan to Fabricate a Genome Raises Questions on Designer Humans What will scientists do with $100 million to mass-produce genes in the lab? by Antonio Regalado 2016-06-02T14:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Ethical Questions Loom Over Efforts to Make a Human Genome from Scratch Printing genomes on demand could mean custom-built organisms, difficult ethical questions, and profits for a handful of companies. by Antonio Regalado 2016-05-25T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life New CRISPR Protein Slices through Genomes, Patent Problems Scientists predict an explosion of new genome-editing methods. by Antonio Regalado 2015-09-25T12:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life New Genome-Editing Method Could Make Gene Therapy More Precise and Effective A Boston startup wants to create precise genome-editing treatments that can address more types of disease than previous gene therapy methods. by Susan Young Rojahn 2013-11-27T12:07:39-05:00
