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genetics

Infected maize

Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

Most people on the planet are exposed to aflatoxins from fungi that infect staple crops, but now a GM approach could help change that

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Artwork of human embryo with four cells

Health

First results of CRISPR gene editing of normal embryos released

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A DNA helix

Life

First hint of how DNA calculators could supercharge computing

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blood transfusion

Health

Gene therapy ‘cures’ boy of blood disease that affects millions

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De-extinction dilemma: reviving dead species may doom the living

Life

De-extinction dilemma: reviving dead species may doom the living

Comment

A cigarette

Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

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Arsenic

Life

Desert people evolve to drink water poisoned with deadly arsenic

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great auk

Life

Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

Features

Woolly mammoth

Life

Can we grow woolly mammoths in the lab? George Church hopes so

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Picture of CRISPR protein at work

Health

Human genome editing shouldn’t be used for enhancement – yet

Gene editing can already treat human diseases, but while editing the germline and enhancing human traits might be acceptable one day, we’re not there yet, says report

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Health

Clinic claims it has used stem cells to treat Down's syndrome

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Life

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, the man who shaped biology and art

Culture

Health

Gene editing has saved the lives of two children with leukaemia

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Health

Animals that grow designer organs for humans are a step closer

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