China’s ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ Thinks Time Is on His Side

He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for ...

An AI-driven strategy to accelerate microbial gene function discovery

We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research ...

Fulgent Genetics to Acquire Bako Diagnostics Assets and StrataDx for $55.5 Million

Fulgent Genetics agrees to buy StrataDx and assets from Bako Diagnostics for $55.5 million. Learn how this cash deal expands ...
MIT Technology Review

Base-edited baby

Baby KJ was the first to receive a bespoke gene-editing treatment. Personalized drugs for others could be approved within the ...
MIT Technology Review

Gene resurrection

Thanks to genetic science, gene editing, and techniques like cloning, it’s now possible to move DNA through time, studying ...

Crispr Pioneer Launches Startup to Make Tailored Gene-Editing Treatments

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA ...
University of California

Rewriting the code: The inside story of the first CRISPR cure

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...