Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life
The gene-editing technology has led to innovations in medicine, evolution and agriculture and raised profound ethical questions about altering human DNA.
Tag: Genetic Engineering
The Many Uses of CRISPR: Scientists Tell All
What do infectious diseases, T-cells, tomatoes, heart failure, sickle cell anemia and sorghum harvests have in common?
An Animal Virus Infected the Man Who Received a Pigs Heart
The patient showed no sign of rejecting the genetically modified organ, but may have died from the viral infection, his surgeon said.