I have seen the future, and it is now. Those words came to mind again as I recently listened to Craig Venter, one of those leading the new areas of synthetic genomics and synthetic biology. Every time ...

A human retina, grown and monitored in a lab, has shed light on the development of cells required for color vision in the human eye. A technique for developing human retinas in a lab has been created, ...

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The Ethiopian Wolf, Darwin’s fox and other wild relatives of dogs are in danger of disappearing. To save these endangered canines, scientists have turned to a procedure that’s commonly used in humans: ...

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Scientists who pioneered the first test-tube baby have been honoured with a blue plaque. The plaque celebrating the work of Patrick Steptoe, Sir Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy, who developed IVF ...