The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR has attracted much excitement and investor interest with its potential to someday treat diseases by fixing faulty copies of genes. But recently, a... Read more
A decade of neglecting the National Institutes of Health budget has left a sector of science scrabbling to survive I am a mass murderer of squid. I have cut off more Loligo pealei heads than... Read more
Researchers have found that cells’ bioelectrical communication steers growth and development. It is hoped that if the code can be learned, manipulating cellular signaling could be used to st... Read more