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Advances in gene-editing have made it possible to banish hereditary diseases, eradicate pests and create new life forms, but should we go there? Jennifer Doudna along with two other Nobel laureates will join a panel of world leaders for a free public forum.

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Oct. 7. They had been working on their project for nearly nine years, and their hard work has paid off. The two decided to collaborate in 2011, and in 2012 they discovered the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. This was seen as a pivotal moment...

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Oct. 7. They had been working on their project for nearly nine years, and their hard work has paid off. The two decided to collaborate in 2011, and in 2012 they discovered the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. This was seen as a pivotal moment...

Drinking water comes from many places, including underground. That water can be found in aquifers and cave systems, but just how safe is that water?

Drinking water comes from many places, including underground. That water can be found in aquifers and cave systems, but just how safe is that water?

Residents on this state line have built their industry, economy and lives around the South Platte River. But as an intense and widespread drought digs into the High Plains, flows

Share Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Cornelius Taabazuing at work in the Daniel Bachovchin lab at the Sloan Kettering Institute, where he received the Tri-Institutional Breakout Award for Young Investigators, along with another SKI postdoctoral fellow, Wouter Karthaus. At this year’s Convocation, which is the highlight of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s academic efforts, Sloan Kettering Institute postdoctoral fellow Cornelius Taabazuing was honored with a prestigious award — the 2...

How to Help Boulder Victims Families People from across the country are looking for ways to help families of the 10 people killed at a King Soopers in Boulder on March 22. Weve compiled a list of area groups that are collecting contributions in the aftermath of the shooting. In July, we published this statement in recognition of the work we needed to begin at CPR to confront issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in our newsroom and organization as a whole. We know this work is urgent, a...

Molecular biologist Jeff Coller joins Johns Hopkins As a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, he will hold appointments in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine By Saralyn Cruickshank / Published March 16, 2021 It was during a research semester abroad in Stockholm, home of the Nobel Prize, that molecular biologist Jeff Coller discovered "scientist" was a viable career path for him, and it was a discovery that he calls magical....