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Jiankui He
Year in Review Genetics
News of the first gene-edited babies ignited a firestorm
A researcher in China announced he created two babies using CRISPR. Many scientists questioned the study’s ethics and medical necessity.
By Tina Hesman Saey | 8:34am, December 17, 2018
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Year in Review | Genetics
Crime solvers embraced genetic genealogy
By Tina Hesman Saey | 8:32am, December 17, 2018
Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes
Year in Review | Genetics
Humans wiped out mosquitoes (in one small lab test)
By Susan Milius | 8:26am, December 17, 2018
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News | Genetics
Big data reveals hints of how, when and where mental disorders start
By Laura Sanders | 2:49pm, December 13, 2018
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50 Years Ago | Genetics
50 years ago, armadillos hinted that DNA wasn’t destiny
By Bethany Brookshire | 7:00am, December 13, 2018
scientists with hybrid rice plants
News | Genetics
Hybrid rice engineered with CRISPR can clone its seeds
By Susan Milius | 3:52pm, December 12, 2018
mass grave
News | Genetics
A 5,000-year-old mass grave harbors the oldest plague bacteria ever found
By Bruce Bower | 11:00am, December 06, 2018
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News | Genetics
Dads, not just moms, can pass along mitochondrial DNA
By Tina Hesman Saey | 6:00am, December 03, 2018
Jiankui He
News | Genetics
The researcher who created CRISPR twins defends his work but fails to quell controversy
By Tina Hesman Saey | 3:54pm, November 28, 2018
Jiankui He
News | Genetics
Chinese scientists raise ethical questions with first gene-edited babies
By Tina Hesman Saey | 5:51pm, November 27, 2018
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