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Biotech

Architects of a new CRISPR partnership defend academic-industry research model

By Rebecca Robbins

Enterovirus D-68
Health

New evidence points to possible cause of puzzling paralysis in kids

By Maggie Fox

Facebook on phone
In the Lab

Researchers recruit more than 20,000 people for Facebook-based genomics project

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Jennifer Doudna - Genome Editing Conference
Exclusive

GSK partners with CRISPR pioneer Doudna to search for new drugs

By Matthew Herper

Cannabis dispensary
In the Lab

Legalizing medical cannabis reduces opioid overdose deaths? Not so fast, new study says

By Brittany Flaherty

Scytonema hofmanni bacteria
In the Lab

‘Jumping genes’ could help CRISPR replace disease-causing DNA, study finds

By Sharon Begley

Chuck Grassley, Ron Wyden
Politics

NIH has referred 16 allegations of foreign influence on U.S. research to investigators

By Andrew Joseph

Robert Aderholt
Politics

Congress revives ban on altering the DNA of human embryos used for pregnancies

By Andrew Joseph

Embryonic cell division
Politics

Congress weighs dropping ban on altering the DNA of human embryos used for pregnancies

By Sharon Begley and Andrew Joseph

National Acadmies of Sciences
In the Lab

National Academy of Sciences approves a new way to expel harassers

By Megan Thielking

China Gene Edited Babies
In the Lab

He Jiankui tried to protect ‘CRISPR babies’ against HIV. But his attempted fix shortens lives, study shows

By Sharon Begley

Male and female symbols
In the Lab

Seeking reform, a neuroscientist argues against ‘sexist’ beliefs that keep research focused on male animals

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Ram Sasisekharan
In the Lab

At MIT, a bitter dispute over research puts a scientist’s prestige on the line

By Damian Garde and Megan Thielking

MIT Campus
In the Lab

MIT professor is accused of claiming others’ scientific discoveries as his own

By Damian Garde

In the Lab

Inspired by breath strips, scientists break away from needing a ‘cold chain’ to deliver vaccines

By Elizabeth Cooney

brainHQ training screenshot
Health

Brain training shows promise as a treatment for veterans’ cognitive problems after TBI

By Sharon Begley

Health

Experimental brain-controlled hearing aid can pick out voices in a crowd

By Sharon Begley

OTO check
In the Lab

A smartphone app could help diagnose ear infections more accurately — and at home

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Syn 61
In the Lab

With a ‘recoded’ bacteria genome made from scratch, scientists give life a new dictionary

By Sharon Begley

Lab trash
In the Lab

Labs rack up big energy bills and produce a ton of trash. Many are trying to become more eco-friendly

By Megan Thielking

Mouse Brain colorized
In the Lab

By disabling a protein in the brain’s blood vessels, researchers ease age-related deterioration in mice

By Andrew Joseph

Rotten eggplant
Health

How genetically engineered viruses — and a rotten eggplant — prolonged a teenager’s life

By Eric Boodman

International Space Station
In the Lab

You’ve heard of ‘organs on a chip.’ Now ‘tissue chips in space’ test conditions in microgravity

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Effect of disrupting NRF2 gene
In the Lab

First U.S. use of CRISPR to directly target cancer will seek go-ahead from regulators

By Sharon Begley

CRISPR delivery illustration
In the Lab

With nanobots and rare viruses, scientists work to solve CRISPR’s delivery problem

By Sharon Begley

CFS Diagnostic
In the Lab

An experimental test may help confirm cases of chronic fatigue syndrome

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Dr. Nils Lonberg
Heavyweights

The entrepreneur behind the cancer immunotherapy revolution

By Matthew Herper

ECoG Electrode Array
In the Lab

Virtual vocal tract creates speech from brain signals, a potential aid for ALS and stroke patients

By Sharon Begley

Play
In the Lab

Watch: Cells are the building blocks of life. Scientists are making a map to understand them

By Hyacinth Empinado

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