Biotech

It’s still a crude measure, but someday this broad genetic assessment will predict academic success, athletic ability and susceptibility to dozens of diseases

Not necessarily 

With few other treatment options, doctors in Brazil are turning to this popular fish

Early work suggests nanoparticles may help rewarm cryopreserved tissue 

Testing every newborn for a raft of known genetic risks is technologically feasible. Some worry the results could do more harm than good

Some advanced cancers can now be successfully treated by synthetic immune cells that are more powerful and longer-lasting than any found in the body

Technology to defeat the corn rootworm, scientists worry, will work only briefly against an inventive foe

New tools are helping democratize bioinformatics

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

The landmark ruling will have ripple effects

Three judges have released their decision

Edited embryos should be allowed in specific contexts, National Academies say