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Deer DNA Starts Spilling Its Weird, Cancer-Fighting Secrets

ruminants

Deer DNA Starts Spilling Its Weird, Cancer-Fighting Secrets

Megan Molteni

A Murder Trial Will Allow DNA Evidence From a Genealogy Site

forensics

A Murder Trial Will Allow DNA Evidence From a Genealogy Site

Megan Molteni

First Murder Case to Use Family Tree Forensics Goes to Trial

genealogy

First Murder Case to Use Family Tree Forensics Goes to Trial

Megan Molteni

Congress Is Debating—Again—Whether Genes Can Be Patented

genetics

Congress Is Debating—Again—Whether Genes Can Be Patented

Megan Molteni

A Study Exposes the Big Risks of Gene-Editing Human Embryos

crispr

A Study Exposes the Big Risks of Gene-Editing Human Embryos

Megan Molteni

The Quest to Make a Bot That Can Smell as Well as a Dog

Under Our Noses

The Quest to Make a Bot That Can Smell as Well as a Dog

Sara Harrison

How DNA Testing at the US-Mexico Border Will Actually Work

migrant families

How DNA Testing at the US-Mexico Border Will Actually Work

Megan Molteni

The US Urgently Needs New Genetic Privacy Laws

DNA data

The US Urgently Needs New Genetic Privacy Laws

Megan Molteni

Women May Soon Start Using AI to Tell Good Eggs From Bad

fertility

Women May Soon Start Using AI to Tell Good Eggs From Bad

Megan Molteni

What the Golden State Killer Tells Us About Forensic Genetics

Detective Work

What the Golden State Killer Tells Us About Forensic Genetics

Megan Molteni

Crispr Gene Editing Is Coming for the Womb

fetal health

Crispr Gene Editing Is Coming for the Womb

Megan Molteni

Researchers Want to Link Your Genes and Income—Should They?

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Researchers Want to Link Your Genes and Income—Should They?

Megan Molteni

Crispr Gene Editing Could One Day Cut Away Human Pain

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Crispr Gene Editing Could One Day Cut Away Human Pain

Megan Molteni

Finally! A DNA Computer That Can Actually Be Reprogrammed

biological bits

Finally! A DNA Computer That Can Actually Be Reprogrammed

Daniel Oberhaus

The First Gene-Edited Food Is Now Being Served

bon appetit

The First Gene-Edited Food Is Now Being Served

Megan Molteni

Beyond Cas9: 4 Ways to Edit DNA

The Crispr Issue

Beyond Cas9: 4 Ways to Edit DNA

Anthony Lydgate

Better Living Through Crispr: Growing Human Organs in Pigs

The Crispr Issue

Better Living Through Crispr: Growing Human Organs in Pigs

Erika Hayasaki

Preparing to Unleash Crispr on an Unprepared World

The Crispr Issue

Preparing to Unleash Crispr on an Unprepared World

Jennifer Kahn

A More Humane Livestock Industry, Brought to You by Crispr

The Crispr Issue

A More Humane Livestock Industry, Brought to You by Crispr

Gregory Barber

Inside the Race to Hack the Human Brain

Mind Control

Inside the Race to Hack the Human Brain

John H. Richardson