• Research on embryo-like structures struggles to win US government funding

  Biologists say they need clearer guidelines on funding rules for this nascent field. Scientists can now create clumps of cells that resemble human embryos, raising hopes that they could study the

  2020-01-22

• Rogue Chinese Scientist Regrets Not Being Transparent, Peer Says

  Almost two months after He Jiankui retreated from view after shocking the world with claims he edited the genes of twin baby girls, the Chinese scientist told a Stanford University fellow re

  2019-02-12

• Seven rules to avoid the tragedy of the commons

  HighlightsWe propose strategies to stabilize cooperation in the iterated public-goods game.They can recover cooperation in the presence of implementation error.They are secured from repeated exploitat

  2019-01-04

• Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work

  A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies said at a conference on Wednesday that his actions were safe and ethical, and he asserted that he was proud o

  2018-12-10

• The Nobel prize for medicine is awarded for a new type of cancer treatment

  THIS year’s Nobel prize for physiology or medicine goes to James Allison of the University of Texas, and Tasuku Honjo of Kyoto University, in Japan (both pictured), “for their discovery of cancer ther

  2018-11-09