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The CIA wants to bring woolly mammoths back from extinctionThe CIA is the latest investor in Colossal Biosciences, a company that wants to bring woolly mammoths and Tasmanian tigers back from extinction using DNA editing.
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Can Gene Editing Save the World's Chocolate? -
Could extinct Tasmanian tigers be brought back from the dead?Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct for nearly 100 years. But scientists say gene-editing technology could bring back this lost species.
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Newfound viruses named for Norse gods could have fueled the rise of complex lifeThese viruses were found in hot springs and the deep sea.
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CRISPR stops coronavirus replication in human cellsThe method has not yet been tested on animals or people.
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Scientists grew human tear ducts in a lab and taught them to cryThe glands had no openings so they swelled up like "balloons."
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2 women earn Chemistry Nobel Prize for gene-editing tool CRISPRThe gene-editing tool can precisely snip DNA from the genome.
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What is a gene drive?
Gene drives are a way to get around the laws of heredity.
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Creator of 1st CRISPR Babies Gets Prison Sentence, Reignites Ethical DebateChinese researcher He Jiankui, who created the world's first genome-edited twins, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
