Powerful CRISPR system inserts whole gene into human DNA

Elie Dolgin • May 15, 2025

‘Directed’ evolution in the laboratory creates an editing tool that outperforms classic CRISPR systems.

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‘Connectoids’ use microfluid channels to recapitulate and study neural connections.
By Elie Dolgin May 14, 2025
With organoids, assembloids and a growing bioengineering toolkit, scientists are pushing the limits of human brain models.
Picture of scientist handling mRNA, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and vaccine protesters.
By Elie Dolgin May 9, 2025
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology.