Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome

Elie Dolgin • May 10, 2023

The “pangenome,” which collated genetic sequences from 47 people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, could greatly expand the reach of personalized medicine.

‘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.