Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Press Play with Madeleine Brand First FDA-approved CRISPR treatment: What are ethical concerns? A groundbreaking approval from the FDA allows the gene-editing tool CRISPR to treat sickle cell disease.

Last week in London, a small group of protestors braved it out in the rain in front of the Francis Crick Institute, where the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing was taking place. The ...

From cancer-targeting enzymes to AI-designed editors, CRISPR technology is rapidly evolving into safer, more precise tools for research and therapy. Innovations like ThermoCas9, chromosome silencing ...

Curing diseases, eradicating species, changing human DNA — these things and more are all possible with the advancement of gene-editing technology. Experts from around the world came to the University ...

Biotech meets livestock: CRISPR and genomic tools are enabling traits like disease resistance, faster growth, and better feed efficiency in cattle, sheep, and other farm animals. Ethics under ...

He Jiankui, the Chinese biophysicist who shocked the world with experiments that led to the first children with edited genomes, says research must accept moral and ethical constraints, but is ...

Gene-editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna will join an all-star gathering of world leaders in the field for a free public forum, The Future and Ethics of Genome Editing, May 23 on the CU Boulder campus.

The ethics of using safe gene therapies to improve the health and cognition of Down syndrome children and adults.