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Emily Mullin

The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up

In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would start recruiting volunteers...

The Age of Crispr Medicine Is Here

Jimi Olaghere used to end up in the emergency room so often that the hospital reserved a...

In a World First, a Patient’s Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered

Our B cells help prevent us from getting sick. Their job is to make antibodies, immune system...

The First Crispr Medicine Is Now Approved in the US

The US Food and Drug Administration today approved a first-of-its kind medical treatment that uses Crispr gene...

Want to Store a Message in DNA? That’ll Be $1,000

You probably keep a backup of important personal files, photos, and videos on a flash drive or...

A Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment May Cause Cancer. The FDA Is Investigating

The US Food and Drug Administration says it is investigating cases in which some patients who received...

A Life-Extension Drug for Big Dogs Is Getting Closer to Reality

There’s a well-established inverse relationship between a dog’s size and its expected lifespan. Bernese mountain dogs and...

The First Crispr Medicine Just Got Approved

The first medical treatment that uses Crispr gene editing was authorized Thursday by the United Kingdom.The one-time...