Crispr’s Potential for curing inherited disease has made headlines, including at WIRED, for years. ( Here, here, here, and here.) Finally, at least for one family, the gene-editing technology is turning out to…
A peculiar bacterial enzyme has allowed researchers to achieve what even the popular CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing system couldn’t manage: targeted changes to the genomes of mitochondria, cells’ crucial… Read More
A stretch of DNA linked to Covid-19 was passed down from Neanderthals 60,000 years ago, according to a new study. Read More
If humanity is ever going to settle down on Mars, we may need to become a little less human.
The coronavirus has killed so many people in Iran that the country has resorted to mass burials, but in neighboring Iraq, the body count is fewer than… Read More
GENE-EDITING TECHNIQUES LIKE Crispr-based technologies aim to cure human disease by altering the genetic code of our DNA. Read More
