Genetic Engineering

FDA Approves a New Way For Scientists to Use Gene Therapy

By Alice Park

Proof You Can’t Control Your Fear of Spiders and Snakes

By TIME Staff

There’s an Environmental Case for Genetic Engineering

By The Aspen Institute

How Scientists Think CRISPR Will Change Medicine

By Alexandra Sifferlin
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CRISPR May Work On Way More Diseases

Researchers found a way to apply the powerful gene editing technology CRISPR to not just genes but proteins too, vastly expanding the diseases that CRISPR might help

By Alice Park

See the First-Ever IVF Puppies

Assisted reproduction for dogs may yield benefits for their species and ours

By Jeffrey Kluger

Noninvasive Brain Control Is Real — and That's Good

A diabolical-sounding breakthrough may actually be able to treat a range of disabling diseases

By Jeffrey Kluger

'Super Banana' May Combat Vitamin A Deficiency

If approved for cultivation, the genetically engineered fruit could revolutionize child health in much of the developing world

By Melissa Hellmann

Imagining the Future Animal

Vincent Fournier worked with animal geneticists to understand how creatures adapt to a changing world. His new work imagines what it would be like if rabbits were super intelligent, ibises had silicon claws and orchids tasted like bananas.

By Bryan Walsh
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