genetics
9 articles
CRISPR in Agriculture: Drought Crops, Disease Resistance, and Regulation
How CRISPR is reshaping agriculture — drought-tolerant crop projects, banana Panama TR4 disease resistance, waxy corn development, and country-by-country SDN-1 regulatory exemptions.
CRISPR Gene Editing: From Lab Breakthrough to Clinical Applications
Explore how CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing works, its landmark clinical applications including sickle cell disease cures, and the ethical challenges it raises.
De-Extinction Science: Can We Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth?
De-extinction science uses CRISPR, cloning, and selective breeding to revive extinct species. Learn what's technically possible, what's been attempted, and the ethical debates.
Epigenetics: How Your Environment Rewrites Your Genes
Learn how epigenetic mechanisms like DNA methylation and histone modification control gene expression without altering DNA sequence, and how lifestyle and environment shape inheritance.
Epigenetics: How Environment Switches Genes On and Off Without Changing DNA
Epigenetics reveals how experience, diet, and stress alter gene expression without changing DNA sequences. Learn about DNA methylation, histone modification, and transgenerational inheritance.
Gene Therapy Explained: AAV, Lentiviral Vectors, Luxturna, and Zolgensma
How gene therapy works — AAV vs. lentiviral vs. LNP vector tradeoffs, ex vivo vs. in vivo delivery, Luxturna ($850K) and Zolgensma ($2.1M) approvals, durability concerns, and manufacturing bottlenecks.
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Accuracy, Privacy, Limitations
23andMe, AncestryDNA, and similar services test millions of variants but have real accuracy limits and privacy implications that buyers should understand.
Synthetic Biology: Engineering Living Cells to Produce Drugs, Fuels, and Materials
A comprehensive introduction to synthetic biology—covering its foundational concepts, enabling technologies like CRISPR and DNA synthesis, landmark applications in pharmaceuticals and biofuels, and the biosafety and ethical debates the field has generated.
Xenotransplantation: CRISPR-Edited Pig Hearts and the Race to Solve the Organ Shortage
A comprehensive look at xenotransplantation—the science of transplanting animal organs into humans—covering CRISPR-edited pigs, landmark clinical cases, rejection mechanisms, viral contamination risks, and the regulatory path forward.