Emily Mullin

Designer Babies Are Here. What’s the Next Edit?

A Chinese scientist engineered kids to resist HIV. Here are other changes that could be on the feature list for Humanity 2.0.

By Emily Mullin

The Next Brain Implant is a Real Live Wire

No more metal: Living electrodes promise safer, better ways to fix injuries and disease and grow new links between man and machine.

By Emily Mullin

Who Says You Need Permission to Study Yourself?

Sara Riggare can’t finish her PhD because an ethics committee says she needed their approval first.

By Emily Mullin

Bioengineered Ovaries Can Survive in Mice. Humans Are Next.

This tech could boost fertility and fine-tune hormone levels.

By Emily Mullin

6 Extra Years of Fertility

Freezing ovarian tissue is classified as experimental. Maybe it shouldn’t be.

By Emily Mullin

New Trick in DNA Editing Could Safely Unlock Thousands of Cures

A CRISPR startup rewrites tiny mutations instead of cutting and pasting entire genes.

By Emily Mullin