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This experimental treatment is potentially life-changing for KJ. But it also serves to pave the way for using CRISPR-based gene editing for other diseases.
Dire wolves roamed the Americas during the last ice age but went extinct more than 10,000 years ago
Sure, being vaccinated benefits us. It greatly reduces the chances that we experience severe illnesses. But, being vaccinated also benefits our neighbors.
The cuts to science risk the health and safety of Americans and people around the world—especially the marginalized and underrepresented.
Biological truth is that sex determination is a complicated developmental process, controlled by many genes
Take a look at some of the important, exciting, and/or weird advances in biology over the last year.
The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning by Peter J. Hotez is a short, frightening analysis of the rise of anti-science sentiment in the
Richard Dawkins is a vocal atheist and prolific author. He penned many best-selling books such as The Selfish Gene (1976), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), and
I’ve spent more than thirty years studying cells of various types. First cells like those that make up human bodies (and their misbehaving counterparts—cancer cells)
