Stories by David Cyranoski

A second jolt felt minutes after this month's detonation continues to confound researchers 

Fertility centers are making a massive push to increase preimplanatation genetic diagnosis in a bid to eradicate certain diseases

Studies to treat vision loss and Parkinson's disease are the first to proceed under new regulations

Alarms raised over suspected efforts to collect massive numbers of genetic samples from citizens

Protests sparked by the destruction of three key fossil-hunting areas result in a temporary halt of phosphate mining

World-first transplant to treat macular degeneration could augur rise of iPS cell banks

Maximum-security biolab is part of a plan to build more of these facilities across the country

The move by Chinese scientists could spark a biomedical duel between China and the U.S.

Gene-editing technique to treat lung cancer is due to be tested in people in August

Process could point the way to making human sperm in the lab for fertility treatments, but some scientists are not convinced by the report

But it is unclear how well the results match the condition in humans

Protein complex offers explanation for how animals sense Earth's magnetic pull

Technique deletes plant genes without adding foreign DNA

The institute in Shenzhen, China, that creates the pigs quoted an initial price tag of $1,600

Researchers hope the genetically engineered animals will be approved for human consumption

Conservationists welcome the nation's move but problems for African elephants remain

Scientists disagree about what types of gene-editing research are ethical

Rumors of germ line modification prove true and look set to reignite an ethical debate

A call by scientists to halt precision gene editing of DNA in human embryos would allow time to work out safety and ethical issues

Surgeons implanted retinal tissue created after reverting the patient's own cells to a "pluripotent" state

The stem-cell research community reels after Yoshiki Sasai, a famous name in regenerative medicine, is found dead on August 5

High-profile reports claiming an easy way to create pluripotent cells were flawed.

A Japanese researcher stands by her claim to be able to produce stem cells using an acid bath or mechanical stress

A research institute is launching an inquiry after allegations of irregularities in two blockbuster papers