WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: The first patient who received a gene-edited pig heart has died, two months after the experimental procedure. The surgery was considered a success...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: Scientists now make genome editing available for ticks – one step closer to addressing the growing problem of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease....
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: Scientists aim to bring the woolly mammoth, which became extinct 4,000 years ago, back to life. CRISPR start-up Colossal already has $15 million...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: A team of researchers has spent more than two years determining the gene that is connected to the longlegs of the Daddy longlegs...
WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: The EPA has approved the release of genetically modified mosquitoes into the Florida Keys in an attempt to control mosquito-borne diseases. Local residents...