Write to Win (Round 9): Which invention from the past decade would you erase from existence?
Our writing contest starts with 10 students, who are eliminated one at a time based on your votes and YP editors’ picks.
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Gene-editing Therapy Could Be The Cure To Sickle Cell Disease
In 2019, the first CRISPR clinical trials were conducted to treat sickle cell diseases and in 2020, this treatment was ...
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Oxfordshire student to receive new sickle cell treatment
An Oxfordshire university student is among those set to receive a "transformative" gene-therapy treatment on the NHS for sickle ...
Most engineered human cells created for studying disease
Scientists have successfully engineered the most complicated human cell lines ever, indicating that our genomes are more tolerant to significant structural alterations than previously assumed.
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Scientists Just Achieved a Major Milestone in Creating Synthetic Life
After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in the lab, putting together the final chromosome in a synthetic yeast (Saccharomyces ...
Behind the scenes at the Botanic Garden, it’s more zoo than greenhouse
Secret doors, smoke plumes, air locks, a million species and shipwrecked treasures: this world-renowned Sydney establishment could be the most biodiverse spot in the country.