The discovery of heteropaternal superfecundation in a pair of UK twins highlights the collision between rare biological anomalies and the relentless reach of commercial genetic te…
Tabloid panic over DIY gene-editing kits suggests criminals are rewriting their DNA to evade police, but the biological reality of forensic chimerism tells a far more complicated …
New research into simulated microgravity reveals that human sperm loses its navigational sense in orbit, threatening the long-term viability of off-world colonies.
Researchers have successfully integrated neural tissue into synthetic biological constructs, but the path from lab-grown 'neurobots' to functional industrial tools remains blocked…
Six-year-old Saffie Sandford’s vision restoration highlights the critical developmental window for gene therapy and the limits of ‘miracle’ narratives.
By connecting large language models directly to automated cloud labs, researchers are slashing the cost of synthetic biology. But as the need for human lab skills vanishes, the ba…
As gene-editing tools and environmental shifts alter human selection pressures, the distant future of our species is becoming an immediate governance problem.
New data suggests the metabolic footprint of sucralose and stevia can be inherited across multiple generations of mice, raising awkward questions for European food safety regulato…
New animal experiments and lab work pushed to the International Space Station show conception might be possible — but microgravity and cosmic radiation create risks that mission p…
Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark released PathogenFinder2, an AI that scans whole genomes to flag disease-linked features in previously unseen bacteria. The tool…
Researchers at Tufts and the Wyss Institute have built living 'neurobots' from frog cells that self-organize simple nervous systems, altering movement and gene activity in surpris…
A viral Fox News call where 'trump appears endorse eugenics' has reignited debate about science, history and politics. Experts say the remark echoes discredited pseudoscience with…
New lab studies show engineered microbes can colonise oxygen-poor tumor cores and, with built-in safety circuits, nibble cancers from the inside while other teams repurpose immune…
A young Australian woman with a rare Cowden‑syndrome variant describes needing 'virtually every test, every six months, for life'. This article explains what a hereditary cancer p…
Scientists warn future human appearance will be shaped by demography, technology and environment — not a single predictable path. This article explains the likely directions evolu…
Professor John Donoghue, creator first brain chip and founder of BrainGate, says implantable brain–computer interfaces are moving from lab demos into human trials — raising new te…
A reported AI-designed bacteriophage has thrust into public view how quickly computation can generate novel genomes — and renewed debate about biosafety, dual use and governance.
Researchers report converting a donor kidney to universal type O using targeted enzymes and transplanting it into a brain‑dead recipient. The result—published in Nature Biomedical…
Three recent research teams have pushed brain implants in different directions: a salt-grain-sized optical recorder, a paper-thin high-bandwidth cortical chip, and injectable cell…
Generative models are now creating synthetic DNA enhancers and genetic circuits that reliably switch genes on or off in specific mammalian cells, accelerating therapy design while…
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