AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarThese DNA testing companies are mainly trying to sell you other stuff - MIT Technology ReviewMIT Technology Review - Emily MullinBeware of tests offering to make “personalized” lifestyle recommendations. The consumer genetics market is booming. In 2017, the number of people who …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarThe Golden State Killer was found via DNA genealogy—and he won’t be the lastMIT Technology Review - Antonio RegaladoAs genetic tests become cheap and pervasive, it will be increasingly difficult to hide from law enforcers. The crimes: On April 24, police arrested …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarThe brave new world of genetic genealogy - MIT Technology ReviewMIT Technology Review - Debbie KennettThe combination of DNA and genealogy is a potentially huge force for good in the world, but it must be used responsibly. I woke up yesterday morning …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarInvestigators searched a million people’s DNA to find Golden State serial killer - MIT Technology ReviewMIT Technology Review - Antonio RegaladoOperator of genealogy website claims “no knowledge” of police exploit on vast data set. Investigators may have compared a serial killer's DNA with …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarBillions of dollars are at stake, so the fight over who owns CRISPR is back in courtMIT Technology Review - Emily MullinCredit for a game-changing breakthrough in biotechnology, a potential Nobel Prize, and oh yes, gobs of money have proved motive enough for the …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatar“Project Recode” aims to make human cells invulnerable to infectionMIT Technology Review - Antonio RegaladoA genome-writing consortium announced today that it intends to revise the genome of human cells in the lab so they resist viruses. What’s recoding? A …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarThis year, the US government plans to start collecting genetic data from 1 million peopleMIT Technology Review - Emily MullinThe National Institutes of Health said today that it’s launching a huge research study with the aim of making precision medicine available to people …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarUS will label GMO foods with smiley faces and sunshineMIT Technology Review - Antonio RegaladoThe USDA says consumers don’t need to know if food has been modified using CRISPR. Why now: A 2016 law gave the agricultural agency the job of …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarBefore he died, this biohacker was planning a CRISPR trial in Mexico - MIT Technology ReviewMIT Technology Review - Emily MullinAaron Traywick and his company, Ascendance Biomedical, are connected to a website advertising a gene-therapy trial for lung cancer. The controversial …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarA stealthy Harvard startup wants to reverse aging in dogs, and humans could be next - MIT Technology ReviewMIT Technology Review - Antonio RegaladoThe world’s most influential synthetic biologist is behind a new company that plans to rejuvenate dogs using gene therapy. If it works, he plans to …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarI lost a bet, and now I am going to let millions of strangers check whether we’re related - MIT Technology ReviewMIT Technology Review - Antonio RegaladoHow this reporter ended up deciding to join the crowd and get his DNA tested. What’s the chance police could locate the average person using a public …
AvatarMIT Technology ReviewAvatarAvatarHere comes a more precise version of CRISPRMIT Technology Review - Emily MullinThe first company to go after human disease with a more precise genome-editing tool called base editing, Beam Therapeutics, launched today. The …