Doctors altered a person’s genes with CRISPR for the first time in the U.S. Here’s what could be next. By Donavyn Coffey
Scientists ‘went rogue’ and genetically engineered two human babies—or at least claimed to By Kat Eschner
Stem Cells People are stockpiling umbilical cord blood without really knowing what it does By Mikkael A. Sekeres/MIT Press Reader
Stem Cells Scientists can now swap out bad spinal discs with lab-grown alternatives—at least in goats By Kat Eschner
Vaccines What to know about polio boosters, oral vaccines, and your medical history records By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Vaccines As COVID vaccines reach kids worldwide, a gap in Africa leaves everyone exposed By Abdullahi Tsanni
Vaccines The White House (sort of) has a plan to create more resilient COVID vaccines By Philip Kiefer
Vaccines From the archives: During a devastating polio epidemic, a vaccine was finally on the horizon By Bill Gourgey
A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction By Laura Baisas / Aug 17, 2022
The first US trial to release GMO mosquitoes just ended. Here’s how it went. By Hannah Seo / Apr 20, 2022
A ‘living’ cancer drug helped two patients stay disease-free for a decade By Kate Baggaley / Feb 17, 2022
This CRISPR startup thinks that mammoths can save the Arctic. Is it right? By Charlotte Hu / Sep 13, 2021
The first swarm of genetically modified mosquitoes is about to hit the US By Taylor White/Undark / Apr 14, 2021
Two women just won the Nobel Prize for their work on the gene-editing technique CRISPR By Claire Maldarelli / Oct 7, 2020
Gene-edited cows could make meat more sustainable. But would people eat it? By Dyllan Furness/Undark / Aug 7, 2020
These gene-edited tomatoes grow in cute little bouquets suited to urban farming By Kat Eschner / Dec 24, 2019