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Peggy Hamburg
In the Lab

World Health Organization advisers call for registry of studies on human genome editing

By Sharon Begley

Open capsules
In the Lab

Overlooked inactive ingredients in pills can trigger allergic reactions, study finds

By Shraddha Chakradhar

He Jiankui arrives to speak
In the Lab

Leading scientists, backed by NIH, call for a global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’

By Sharon Begley

Harvard
In the Lab

Hedge fund investing $100 million in Harvard drug research

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

Infant blood test
Health

With a closer look at immune systems, scientists hope to steer infants back onto a healthy track

By Helen Branswell

“World Map Genome illustration”
In the Lab

Buffalo gave us spicy wings and the ‘book of life.’ Here’s why that’s undermining personalized medicine

By Sharon Begley

Scott Robinson
Biotech

It costs $4,600 a month to rent a lab bench here. For startups, it’s the place to be

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

Great Hall of the People in Beijing
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China creating national medical ethics committee to oversee high-risk clinical trials

By Jane Qiu

Danielle D. Duplin
Business

Startups focused on aging have a home in new Kendall Square incubator

By Robert Weisman — Boston Globe

Berkeley and Oakland
In the Lab

University of California breaks up with major publisher over research access dispute

By Rebecca Robbins

Off target
In the Lab

CRISPR base editing, known for precision, hits a snag with off-target mutations

By Sharon Begley

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By Gideon Gil

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Pharma

They’re the next new thing in cancer immunotherapy, but will bispecifics help more patients than CAR-Ts?

By Sharon Begley

He Jiankui television screen cap
Exclusive

Chinese government funding may have been used for ‘CRISPR babies’ project, documents suggest

By Jane Qiu

Laura Esserman
Biotech

Should every breast cancer patient get genetic testing? A specialist weighs in

By Rebecca Robbins, Damian Garde, and Adam Feuerstein

Human B Lymphocyte
In the Lab

Vaccines don’t work against some viruses. CRISPR might one day fix that

By Sharon Begley

David A. Sinclair
Biotech

Longevity scientists launch academy to raise profile of life-extending research

By Robert Weisman — Boston Globe

Macrophage - glioblastoma
Health

An early study ‘infuses hope’ back into attempts to use immunotherapy to treat brain cancer

By Andrew Joseph

Grace Eline
In the Lab

Trump’s $500 million for childhood cancer? Scientists have ideas how to spend it

By Sharon Begley

A self-righting capsule
In the Lab

Scientists take a page from tortoises to design a new type of drug delivery

By Megan Thielking

European Space Agency
In the Lab

A Mars rover is named after pioneering DNA scientist Rosalind Franklin

By Megan Thielking

Sarepta - hearing
Biotech

Solid Biosciences to soldier on as initial muscular dystrophy gene therapy results disappoint

By Matthew Herper

In the Lab

By decoding flickering brain signals, scientists envision a new way to detect consciousness

By Eric Boodman

Blood plasma sample
In the Lab

In a field full of failures, a new blood test to predict Alzheimer’s aims to give drug makers a needed tool

By Sharon Begley

Panning for gold
In the Lab

For CRISPR enzymes, the gold rush is on

By Sharon Begley

Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
In the Lab

Dana-Farber heads to court to add researcher on immunotherapy patents

By Elizabeth Cooney

Michael Deem photo illustration
Exclusive

American scientist played more active role in ‘CRISPR babies’ project than previously known

By Jane Qiu

In the Lab

After ghoulish allegations, a brain-preservation company seeks redemption

By Sharon Begley

Dr. Victor Dzau - DAVOS
In the Lab

After ‘CRISPR babies,’ international medical leaders aim to tighten genome editing guidelines

By Sharon Begley

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