Here’s the latest company planning for gene-edited babies
A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely
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Biotechnology and health
Here’s why we don’t have a cold vaccine. Yet.
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the season of the sniffles. As the weather turns, we’re all
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How conspiracy theories infiltrated the doctor’s office
As anyone who has googled their symptoms and convinced themselves that they’ve got a brain tumor will attest, the internet
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An AI app to measure pain is here
How are you feeling? I’m genuinely interested in the well-being of all my treasured Checkup readers, of course. But this
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Job titles of the future: AI embryologist
Embryologists are the scientists behind the scenes of in vitro fertilization who oversee the development and selection of embryos, prepare
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New noninvasive endometriosis tests are on the rise
Shantana Hazel often thought her insides might fall out during menstruation. It took 14 years of stabbing pain before she
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The astonishing embryo models of Jacob Hanna
When the Palestinian stem-cell scientist Jacob Hanna was stopped while entering the US last May, airport customs agents took him
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This retina implant lets people with vision loss do a crossword puzzle
Science Corporation—a competitor to Neuralink founded by the former president of Elon Musk’s brain-interface venture—has leapfrogged its rival after acquiring
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AI could predict who will have a heart attack
For all the modern marvels of cardiology, we struggle to predict who will have a heart attack. Many people never
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