While CRISPR technology is generating a new wave of optimism for curing neurological diseases, experts warn that it has to be one part of a larger approach.
Alison Van Eenennaam has spent the last decade explaining gene editing to critics who find fear more compelling than data. Is anybody listening?
In a high-security lab in Italy, scientists have launched a large-scale experiment to genetically modify mosquitoes with an end goal of potentially eradicating malaria in Africa.
A Chinese scientist who engineered the first gene-edited babies may now face serious charges for fraudulent practices.
It's one of just a handful of successful human embryo gene-editing experiments that have been announced over the past two years.
A new genetic engineering technology could help fight malaria, but can it be used responsibly?
Gene editing has come further than ever before. That means we need to start thinking further ahead than ever before.
Basic research can seem wasteful, but politicians should resist the temptation to set science’s priorities.