Deep diving into the moral questions and controversies shaping modern biology.
In a 2024 commentary published in Science, Dr. Katarzyna P. Admala, a synthetic biologist and founder of Build-a-Cell initiative, raised a striking concern: should we go ahead and build mirror life? She was joined by a group of 37 eminent […]
Mirrored Molecules: Science Walks into a Strange New World Read More »
In 2018, a Chinese scientist named He Jiankui shocked the world by announcing the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies, twin girls Lulu and Nana. Using a powerful procedure called CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, he had attempted to edit their
The CRISPR Babies Controversy: A Scientific Wake-Up Call Read More »
When the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, it marked a pivotal point in our understanding of life. Now, decades later, a group of scientists in the UK have embarked on a bold mission: not just to read DNA,
SynHG: From Sequencing to Synthesis Read More »
