Rewriting Life How to Spend $1,900 on Gene Tests Without Learning a Thing Science and marketing clash in the “jungle” of direct-to-consumer DNA apps. by Antonio Regalado 2017-10-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life FDA Vote Sets Stage for Gene Therapy’s Future The pioneering treatment fixes a mutated gene and could soon be available in the U.S. by Emily Mullin 2017-10-12T06:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Inside the Moonshot Effort to Finally Figure Out the Brain AI is only loosely modeled on the brain. So what if you wanted to do it right? You’d need to do what has been impossible until now: map what actually happens in neurons and nerve fibers. by M. Mitchell Waldrop 2017-10-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Scientists Can Read a Bird’s Brain and Predict Its Next Song Next up, predicting human speech with a brain-computer interface. by Antonio Regalado 2017-10-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life GM Apples That Don’t Brown to Reach U.S. Shelves This Fall Can genetic modification appeal to consumers? A new apple will test the market. by Andrew Rosenblum 2017-10-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Arming Bodies with CRISPR to Fight Huntington’s Disease and ALS The editing tool normally targets DNA, but scientists are aiming it at a different molecule. by Emily Mullin 2017-10-05T15:45:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Gene-Edited Skin Could Be Its Own Blood-Sugar Sensor Diabetics might ultimately have glucose sensors built into their bodies. by Antonio Regalado 2017-10-03T10:24:00-04:00
Rewriting Life As Consumer DNA Testing Grows, Two States Resist Maryland and New York still restrict who can order genetic tests and how companies can market them. by Emily Mullin 2017-09-28T13:31:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Gulp. These Volunteers Are Swallowing E. Coli Pills to Help Medicine Biologists are genetically modifying the DNA of stomach bacteria so they act like living drugs. by Antonio Regalado 2017-09-26T13:40:00-04:00
Rewriting Life The Easiest Place to Use CRISPR Might Be in Your Ear Scientists are hopeful they can inject the gene-editing technology directly into the ear to stop hereditary deafness. by Antonio Regalado 2017-09-22T00:00:00-04:00
