AI is a real chimera: It can make the world radically better
The era of artificial intelligence has already begun and we talk more about its risks than its possibilities. Can we allow ourselves to be optimistic?
From cloning to CRISPR: The center that created Dolly designs epidemic-resistant animals
The Roslin Institute for Animal Research turns to gene editing to combat some of the most important diseases in livestock and poultry
Noelia Ferruz, the chemist creating AI with ‘supernatural’ powers
The researcher has been given €1.5 million by the European Union to design a digital mind capable of explaining its reasoning
New technique opens the door to large-scale DNA editing to cure diseases
The tool offers the possibility of modifying larger regions of the genome with a lower risk of side effects, but at the moment it has only been tested in bacteria
A stem cell heart model solves the enigma of an inherited disease within a family
Spanish researchers discover an individual genetic variant that explains why a hereditary heart disease manifests very differently in two siblings
Chinese researchers create mutant worms that make spider silk
Scientists have introduced arachnid genes into silkworms to produce threads as strong as nylon and six times tougher than Kevlar
Did the father of Dolly the Sheep deserve the Nobel Prize?
Ian Wilmut, who died on Monday at age 79, was an honest scientist who found himself in the eye of the storm of the cloning controversy
New 14-day embryo model sheds light on the biggest enigma of human development
Palestinian scientist Jacob Hanna uses a chemical cocktail to induce self-organization of embryonic stem cells into a structure similar to a natural embryo
Years that define eras
The 21st Century is still in its infancy, yet it has already produced a host of events that are quickly reshaping the world
Scientists create genetic ‘pen’ that corrects common heart conditions
The sophisticated experimental treatment, which has proven to be effective in mice, opens the door to therapies that would be applied once and last a lifetime
The man behind the first genetically modified human babies wants to resume experimenting
The scientific community is aghast at He Jiankui’s return after three years in prison and compares him to Nazi doctors
Scientists are reviving proteins from billions of years ago to fight diseases in human cells
A study by a group of Spanish scientists demonstrates how to create new gene-editing systems with molecules that no longer exist in nature