Environment
Can we grow woolly mammoths in the lab? George Church hopes so
We may only be two years away from creating hybrid mammoth embryos, but that would only be the first step on a very long road towards resurrecting the animal
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Health
Human genome editing shouldn’t be used for enhancement – yet
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Clinic claims it has used stem cells to treat Down’s syndrome
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Humans
D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson, the man who shaped biology and art
Culture
Health
Gene editing has saved the lives of two children with leukaemia
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Animals that grow designer organs for humans are a step closer
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Life
Electronic gene control could let us plug bacteria into devices
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Environment
Antelope revived in Sahara years after going extinct in the wild
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How to target tumours by messing with their metabolism
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Simple blood test can detect genetic diseases early in pregnancy
Together, single-gene disorders are more common than Down’s syndrome. Now there’s a safe prenatal test that can help prospective parents decide what to do
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UK becomes first country to give go ahead to three-parent babies
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First babies from menopausal mothers’ own eggs may be born soon
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Environment
End of species extinctions is in sight as we bring animals back
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Health
Gene editing starts to save lives as human trials get under way
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