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This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Since the gene-edited babies known as Lulu and Nana became international news in…

This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On 10 June 2017, a sunny and hot Saturday in Shenzhen, China, two…

This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. BEIJING, GUANGZHOU, JIANGMEN, KUNMING, AND SHANGHAI—Early one February morning, researchers harvest six eggs…

This story, the first in a series on CRISPR in China, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. BEIJING AND DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA—If Gao Caixia were…

People not infected with HIV can take a daily pill to prevent themselves from contracting the virus, a proven strategy called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). But…

The high-profile patent fight over who invented a key feature of the genome editor CRISPR has been resurrected. The 3-year-old battle, which a U.S. appeals court appeared…

A researcher terminated by Emory University in Atlanta for allegedly not disclosing funding and ties to institutions in China is forcefully disputing the charges. And neuroscientist Li…

Top CRISPR researchers at two University of California (UC) campuses have teamed up with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to form a new laboratory in San…

In a bold rejection of the widespread sentiment—and regulations in many countries—that no one should alter the genome of a human embryo and transfer it…