Unorthodox Alzheimer's Researcher Robert Moir Dies at Age 58 (December 20)
Scientists Aren't Sure Why Identical Twins Differ. Armadillo Quads Offer an Answer (December 20)
Creating Pig 3.0, the World's Most CRISPR'd Animal, Raises Hopes of Transplantable Organs (December 20)
New Study in Mice Points to How Melanoma Spreads--and Perhaps How to Prevent Metastasis (December 18)
Scientists Show Mice an Orson Welles Movie, Then Disprove Dogma About How Vision Works (December 16)
Research Using Brains-in a-Dish Forces a Radical Re-Thinking of Huntington's Disease (December 10)
Watch: Dr. James Wilson, A Scientific Pioneer, on the Future of Gene Therapy (Taped interview, December 10)
Facing Bottlenecks in Manufacturing Cell Therapies, Boston Leaders Plan to Build Their Own (November 25)
First CRISPR Treatment for Blood Diseases Shows Early benefits in Two Patients (November 19)
Calling for Federal Action, Watchdog Says There's No Evidence Dietary Supplements for Infertility Help Women get Pregnant (November 18)
As first lab-made yeast genome nears completion, scientists set sights on improved human ones (November 15)
Neglected gene plays bigger role in Alzheimer's than suspected (November 11)
You Had Questions for Dr. David Liu About CRISPR, Prime Editing and Adsvice to Youbng Scientists. He Has Answers (November 6)
From Assisted Hatching to Embryo Glue, Most IVF 'Add-Ons' Rest on Shaky Science, Studies Find (November 5)
She Was Destined to Get Early Alzheimer's, But Didn't. Did a Rare Mutation Protect Her? (November 4)
NIH and Gates Foundation launch effort to bring genetic cures for HIV, sickle cell disease to world's poor (October 23)
Seven burning questions now that Biogen has resurrected its 'failed' Alzheimer's drug (October 23)
Experts parse Biogen's Alzheimer's data: Does the treatment work, or is it a mirage? (October 23)
New CRISPR tool has the potential to correct almost all disease-causing DNA glitches, scientists report (October 21)
Competitor accuses 23andMe of 'false negatives' in cancer gene testing (October 17)
Forecasting Alzheimer's: With a tsunami of new cases expected, experts calculate the best way to shift the tide (October 17)
Surprising study shows reduced neuronal activity extends life (October 16)
An 'unprecedented' analysis underlines profound failure to study African genomes (October 16)
Live chat with Nobel laureate Dr. William Kaelin (October 16)
Three Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for Discovering How Cells Sense and Adapt to Oxygen Levels (October 7)
What's in the Cards for This Year's Nobel Prizes? Scientists Are Placing Their Bets (October 2)
'I Just want To Live:' California Man Pleads With Scientists Around the World to 'CRISPR Me.' (September 25)
Amid Privacy Concerns, Startup Becomes First Consumer DNA Company to Offer Anonymous Sequencing (September 19)
In a CRISPR First, Therapy Intended to Cure HIV Patient Appears Safe--Though Ineffective (September 11)
Why So Many Cancer Drugs Fail: Genes Thought "Essential" for Tumor Survival Are Not, Study Finds (September 11)
Canine MRIs Sniff Out How Human Preferences Shaped Dogs' Hallmark Traits (September 2)
Can Less Be More? A Heretical Approach to Chemotherapy Is Extending Cancer Patients' Lives (August 29)
In a First, Cerebral Organoids Produce Complex Brain Waves Similar to Newborns', Reviving Ethical Concerns (August 29)
Battleground Narrowed in CRISPR Patent Case Between University of California and Broad (August 27)
Scientists Routinely Cure Brain Disorders in Mice But Not In Us. A New Study Explains Why (August 21)
The Entire Human Brain In 'Unprecedented' Detail, Thanks to Powerful MRI (August 13)
For Rules on Creating 'CRISPR Babies' From Edited Embryos, Scientists Call A Do-Over (August 12)
Citing 'Nerd Tunnel Vision,' Biologist George Church Apologizes for Contacts With Jeffrey Epstein (August 5)
The Latest CRISPR Patent Fight Is On. So Is The Musdslinging (July 31)
With Mini-Placentas and Mini-Brains, Scientists Try to Unravel the Roots of Psychiatric Disorders (July 31)
A New Kind of CAR-T Becomes A Micro-Pharmacy, Eliminating Glioblastoma in Mice (July 22)
Fight for Coveted CRISPR Patents Gets Knottier, As MilliporeSigma Makes New Claims (July 22)
Do Elon Musk's Brain-Decoding Implants Have Potential? Experts Say They Just Might (with Rebecca Robbins, July 18)
(Archived Live Chat) The Past -- And Future -- of Alzheimer's Research (with Matt Herper, July 18)
In a Small Study, A Cancer Vaccine Assist Beats Immunotherapy Drugs Alone (July 15)
The Boy Was Dying. Zebrafish Helped Save His Life (July 1)
Patent Office Reopens Major CRISPR Battle Between Broad Institute and Univ. of California (June 25)
The Maddening Saga of How an Alzheimer's 'Cabal' Thwarted Progress Toward a Cure For Decades (June 25)
A New 'DNA Microscope' Peers Deep Inside Living Cells (June 20)
Startup Offering Free DNA Sequencing Signs First Pharma Sponsor (June 11)
'Jumping Genes' Could Help CRISPR Replace Disease-Causing DNA, Study Finds (June 6)
As Revenue Falls, A Pioneer of Cancer Gene Testing Slams Rivals With Overblown Claims (November 2016, linked to news June 5)
Congress Weighs Dropping Ban on Altering the DNA of Human Embryos Used for Pregnancies (June 4)
He Jiankui Tried to Protect CRISPR Babies Against HIV. But His Attempted Fix Shortens Lives, Study Shows (June 3)
The Surgeon Had a Dilemma Only a Nazi Medical Text Could Resolve. Was it Ethical to Use It? (May 30)
Fertility Clinics Around the World Asked 'CRISPR Babies' Scientist for How-To Help (May 28)
Brain Training Shows Promise: Technique targets War-Wounded Vets [STAT story below, reprinted in Boston Globe, May 21]
You Have Questions on CRISPR. We Have Answers. With Adam Feuerstein (May 20)
Brain Training Shows Promise as a Treatment for Veterans' Cognitive Problems After TBI (May 16)
With a 'Recoded' Bacteria Genome Made From Scratch, Scientists Give Life a New Dictionary (May 15)
Experimental Brain-Controlled Hearing Aid Can Pick Out Voices in a Crowd (May 15)
Webinar: The Race to Deliver CRISPR. With Adam Feuerstein (May 14)
German Ethics Council Expresses Openness to Eventual Embryo Editing (May 13)
With a Superstar Cardiologist as Its CEO, New CRISPR Company Targets Heart Disease (May 7)
First Use of CRISPR to Directly Target Cancer Will Seek Go-Ahead From Regulators (May 2)
With Nanobots and Rare Viruses, Scientsists Work to Solve CRISPR's Delivery Problem (May 1)
Virtual Vocal Tract Creates Speech From Brain Signals, a Potential Aid for ALS and Stroke Patients (April 24)
CRISPR Edits Lung-Disease Gene In Utero, Hitting Only the Affected Organ in a Mouse Study (April 17)
The Pigs Were Dead. But Four Hours Later, Scientists Restored Cellular Functions in Their Brains (April 17)
Stanford Clears Three Faculty Members of "CRISPR Babies" Involvement (April 17)
As Calls Mount to Ban Embryo Editing With CRISPR, Families Hit by Inherited Diseases Say, Not So Fast (April 17)
In STAT Madness, CRISPR Tools to Treat Brain Disorders Capture Editors' Pick (April 8)
Zapping Brain With Precise Electrical Current Boosts Working Memory in Older Adults, Study Finds (April 8)
Old Brains Still Make Neurons, Study Finds, Offering A Possible Way to Protect Against Alzheimer's (March 25)
Peering Inside Life's Microworld: MIT's 2019 Image Award Winners (March 21)
After the Blowup of the Biggest Hope for Alzheimer's, What's next in the Pipeline? (March 21)
Alzheimer's and Amyloid: 'It's Time To Do Something Else.' (March 21)
CRISPR is Ascending Again, After Scientists Find 'Elegant' Fix for Cancer Worry (March 21)
World Health Organization Advisers Call for Registry of Studies on Human Genome Editing (March 19)
Leading Scientists, Backed by NIH, Call for Global Moratorium on Creating 'CRISPR Babies' (March 13)
Buffalo Gave Us Spicy Wings and the 'Book of Life.' Here's Why That Is Undermining Personalized Medicine (March 11)
CRISPR Base Editing, Known for Precision, Hits a Snag With Off-Target Mutations (February 28)
They're the Next New Thing in Cancer Immunotherapy, But Will BiSpecifics Help More Patients Than CAR-Ts? (February 27)
Vaccines Don't Work Against Some Viruses. CRISPR Might One Day Fix That (February 19)
Stealth Player Is Poised to Win a CRISPR Patent That Could Speed the Development of Therapies (February 19)
University of California to Be Granted Long-Sought CRISPR Patent, Possibly Reviving Dispute With Broad Institute (February 8)
Trump's $500 Million for Childhood Cancer? Scientists Have Ideas How to Spend It (February 8)
New York Biotech Debuts, Targeting Dormant Metastatic Cancer Cells (February 7)
In a Field Full of Failures, A New Blood Test to Predict Alzheimer's Aims to Give Drug makers A Needed Tool (February 6)
For CRISPR Enzymes, The Gold Rush Is On (February 4)
After Ghoulish Allegations, A Brain-Preservation Company Seeks Redemption (January 30)
After 'CRISPR Babies," International Medical Leaders Aim to Tighten Genome-Editing Guidelines (January 24)
Macular Degeneration Trial Will Be First Human Test of Nobel-Winning Human Stem-Cell Technique (January 16)
New Study Points to Best Way to Assess Which Cancer Patients Immunotherapy Will Help (January 14)
Lab Strips James Watson of Final Honorary Roles After Continuing Racist Statements (January 12)
'CRISPR Babies' Scientist: "I'm Actually Doing Quite Well" (January 9)
‘I really don’t know what happened to Jim’: Friends ask where James Watson’s odious attitudes about race came from (Jan 3)