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Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we'll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.
"I was part of the surgical team that conducted the first pig-to-human heart transplant in a living patient."
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
Scientists at the San Diego Zoo are on a mission to resurrect the extinct northern white rhino.
Edible electronics, devices that can be broken down and digested, could perform many useful functions inside the body.
Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?
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Poachers drove the Northern White Rhino to extinction. One scientist and her “frozen zoo” are on a mission to bring them back.
Scientists looked for ways to trigger the “build whatever normally was here” signal for cells at the site of a wound.
Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.
This Yale researcher is creating an experimental therapy for cystic fibrosis made from viruses - and it’s working.
A boy in Germany seems to be the first person to be cured of a rare and painful skin condition commonly called "butterfly disease."
The book "The Genesis Machine" outlines the promise and peril of synthetic biology, a powerful tool that will allow us to program life like a computer.
Coupled with 3D printing, biomining the Moon or Mars with microbes could sustain human colonies without constant re-supply from Earth.
One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.
The scientists are headed "straight to the FDA" to begin human trials.
Roughly half the world population, including in America, has insufficient levels of vitamin D. UV irradiated mushrooms can help.
The paper-thin device may also someday be used to stimulate bone growth.
The cause of Alzheimer's is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
Using DNA from samples of extinct flowers, synthetic biologists managed to approximate long-lost floral scents.
An evolutionary biologist explains why you probably won't grow a tail.