Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective. By Carl Zimmer Over the past decade, the ...

Creating genetically identical copies can veer from the cool to the creepy. This week I spoke to scientists who have found a way to turn male mouse embryos female. They’ve developed a CRISPR-based ...

Pioneering gene-editing treatments are already in clinical use, saving lives and easing the pain of devastating genetic diseases. However, the growing number of patients receiving these treatments ...

When Dolly the sheep—the first cloned mammal—was born 30 years ago, she became one of the most famous animals in science history. Her arrival sparked predictions of a sci-fi future filled with cloned ...

A Hiroshima-University-led research team has discovered a key gene responsible for the initiation of gemma development, acting as a "master switch" to start asexual reproduction (cloning) in the model ...

An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story. For two decades, a team of ...

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil — What if the first-ever cloned jaguar were born within the next few years? Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie? Not to the scientists at Reprocon research group, ...

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Countless scientists and at least a dozen high-concept sci-fi comedies over the past 30 years have speculated on the potentially degrading effect of making clones out of other clones, ad infinitum.

Clones had mutations triple the rate of normal mice By the 58th generation, clones died within days of birth 1,206 cloned mice were generated from 2005 to 2025 Clones pass all their defective genes to ...