As fears of gene-editing technologies in the hands of amateur scientists grow, we should focus on genuine risks and not overreact to speculative threats
For the first time, a breakthrough technique called CRISPR has been used to treat a genetic disease inside a living mammal
Toronto researchers were able to turn off thousands of genes one by one to pinpoint the cancer-causing ones—and overhaul the way science is done
Editorial: Genetic research may be speeding ahead in China, but the human genome still has a trick or two up its sleeve