Articles by

Emily Mullin

A Personalized Brain Implant Curbed a Woman’s OCD

Amber Pearson has had a severe form of obsessive compulsive disorder since she was in high school....

New Trials Aim to Restore Hearing in Deaf Children—With Gene Therapy

Two companies have launched clinical trials to see if they can restore hearing to children with a...

These Gene-Edited Chickens Were Made to Resist Bird Flu

This month, the Cambodian government reported that two people there died of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or...

A Monkey Got a New Kidney From a Pig—and Lived for 2 Years

Around the world, there aren’t enough donor kidneys available for everyone who needs one. Scientists are hoping...

What Do We Owe the Octopus?

Consider the octopus. Smart and sophisticated, it has a brain larger than that of any other invertebrate....

DNA Drives Help Identify Missing People. It’s a Privacy Nightmare

Earlier this month, state police in Connecticut held a “DNA drive” in an effort to help identify...

How to Make a Pig Heart Transplant Last in a Person

A 58-year-old man has become the second person ever to receive a heart transplant from a genetically...

A Nonprofit Wants Your DNA Data to Solve Crimes

The 2018 arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, infamously known as the Golden State Killer, put genetic genealogy on...