Every day, 17 people in the US die waiting for an organ. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta meets the scientists -- and the genetically modified pigs -- that could help solve the organ crisis. It's a provocative idea, not without ethical questions about our...
At its plant outside Bangkok, Thailand, Japanese biotech company Spiber is making textiles by fermenting sugar.
CNN's Meg Tirrell sits down with Johnny Lubin, one of the first in the world to try a new kind of medicine that uses a gene-editing tool called CRISPR to offer a potential cure for sickle cell disease.
Researchers around the globe are incorporating nanotechnology and origami concepts to create life-changing medical innovations.
At Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, a new DNA analysis suggests Methuselah, an Australian lungfish, could be the oldest fish in an aquarium anywhere in the world.
Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Chief Kevin Davis details how DNA played a part in solving a murder from 1994.
The latest DNA technology has helped scientists uncover more information about what is considered to be the oldest human mummy found intact. They say "Ötzi the Iceman" was dark-skinned and likely balding. Michael Holmes reports.
Tiny roundworms that were frozen for 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost are wriggling once again. Laila Harrak speaks with Teymuras Kurzchalia of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.
CNN's John Vause speaks with a professor of neurology about a new study on how genetics may shape who gets sick from Covid.
Anna Stewart explains how one company is using gene-editing technology to prevent male chicks from being hatched, thereby sparing them from being culled.
Space burials company Celestis says it will fly into space later this year with ashes and DNA, including from U.S. presidents and Star Trek cast members. CNN's Michael Holmes reports.
The remains of four women were found near Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York, more than a decade ago. Investigators say DNA evidence and cellphone data now point to a murder suspect. CNN's Miguel Marquez reports.
Investigators in Boston have used DNA analysis to identify and charge a suspect, 35-year-old Matthew Nilo, in the sexual assaults of four women whose cases have gone unsolved for over a decade, according to prosecutors. CNN's Jason Carroll reports.
Actor Henry Winkler speaks to CNN's Kaitlan Collins about his role as Gene Cousineau on the hit show "Barry" and his life's work.
Israeli startup, Steakholder Foods, is 3D bio-printing whole cuts of meat made with real cultivated ingredients sourced from animal stem cells.
Three tiger cubs were rescued from traffickers by authorities in Thailand as part of a crack down on the illegal wildlife trade in the country. A wildlife forensic scientist has tested the cubs' DNA to determine where they came from. Genetic...
Australian company develops a meatball by inserting synthesized DNA from a prehistoric mammoth into the muscle cell of a sheep ... and adding a dash of African elephant DNA.
A Wisconsin man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a 2022 firebombing attack on an anti-abortion organization's office in the state's capital after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene, prosecutors said.
A new analysis of genetic material collected in Wuhan, China, suggests covid-19 origins could be linked to raccoon dogs at Huanan Seafood Market. Doctor Sanjay Gupta joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss.
There's a tantalizing new clue in the hunt for the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The United States on Thursday added two subsidiaries of Chinese genetics company BGI to a trade blacklist over allegations it conducted genetic analysis and surveillance activities for Beijing, which Washington says was used to repress ethnic...
