genetics /tags/genetics genetics en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:35:00 GMT Study shows recovery of Florida panthers is a genetic success story /environment/2025-07-30/study-shows-recovery-of-florida-panthers-is-a-genetic-success-story Biologists have shown that an attempt at genetic rescue for the Florida panther 30 years ago has been a success. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:35:00 GMT /environment/2025-07-30/study-shows-recovery-of-florida-panthers-is-a-genetic-success-story Steve Newborn Genetic test offers hope for undiagnosed kids, but few insurers offer to pay. Florida Medicaid will /health/2023-10-26/genetic-test-offers-hope-for-undiagnosed-kids-but-few-insurers-offer-to-pay-florida-medicaid-will Many private and public health insurers won’t cover the $4,000-to-$8,000 expense of whole-genome sequencing. Florida now is among eight state Medicaid programs that do. Thu, 26 Oct 2023 20:00:00 GMT /health/2023-10-26/genetic-test-offers-hope-for-undiagnosed-kids-but-few-insurers-offer-to-pay-florida-medicaid-will Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News How DNA could provide data storage for more than our genetics /2023-01-27/how-dna-could-provide-data-storage-for-more-than-our-genetics Humans are generating vast amounts of data each day— and we're running out of storage space. Molecular biologist Dina Zielinski discusses a solution that can pack tons of data into a tiny space: DNA. Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:00:00 GMT /2023-01-27/how-dna-could-provide-data-storage-for-more-than-our-genetics Manoush Zomorodi, Katie Monteleone, Sanaz Meshkinpour As he steps down as the head of NIH, he has a warning about future pandemics /news/2021-10-06/as-he-steps-down-as-the-head-of-nih-he-has-a-warning-about-future-pandemics Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. He tells NPR he did not anticipate the culture wars taking over scientific fact. Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:31:22 GMT /news/2021-10-06/as-he-steps-down-as-the-head-of-nih-he-has-a-warning-about-future-pandemics Nell Greenfieldboyce, Scott Neuman Blind Patients Hope Landmark Gene-Editing Experiment Will Restore Their Vision /2021-05-10/blind-patients-hope-landmark-gene-editing-experiment-will-restore-their-vision The unprecedented study involves using the gene-editing technique CRISPR to edit a gene while it's still inside a patient's body. In exclusive interviews, NPR talks with two of the first participants. Mon, 10 May 2021 09:00:00 GMT /2021-05-10/blind-patients-hope-landmark-gene-editing-experiment-will-restore-their-vision Rob Stein 2 Chinese Babies With Edited Genes May Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death /2019-06-03/2-chinese-babies-with-edited-genes-may-face-higher-risk-of-premature-death Analysis of DNA from more than 400,000 people in the U.K. suggests a genetic modification that protects against HIV may actually increase the overall risk of premature death. Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:49:00 GMT /2019-06-03/2-chinese-babies-with-edited-genes-may-face-higher-risk-of-premature-death Rob Stein Scientists Call For Global Moratorium On Creating Gene-Edited Babies /npr-breaking-news/2019-03-13/scientists-call-for-global-moratorium-on-creating-gene-edited-babies An international group of 18 prominent scientists and bioethicists is calling for countries around the world to impose a moratorium on the creation of babies whose genes have been altered in the lab. Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:01:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2019-03-13/scientists-call-for-global-moratorium-on-creating-gene-edited-babies Rob Stein New U.S. Experiments Aim To Create Gene-Edited Human Embryos /2019-02-01/new-u-s-experiments-aim-to-create-gene-edited-human-embryos Despite outrage over gene editing in China that affected the birth of twins, research is underway in the U.S. to assess the safety and effectiveness of CRISPR tools to edit genes in human embryos. Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:00:00 GMT /2019-02-01/new-u-s-experiments-aim-to-create-gene-edited-human-embryos Rob Stein China Halts Work By Team On Gene-edited Babies /2018-11-29/china-halts-work-by-team-on-gene-edited-babies China's government ordered a halt Thursday to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies, as a group... Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:03:42 GMT /2018-11-29/china-halts-work-by-team-on-gene-edited-babies Marilynn Marchione -- The Associated Press Science Summit Denounces Gene-Edited Babies Claim, But Rejects Moratorium /2018-11-29/science-summit-denounces-gene-edited-babies-claim-but-rejects-moratorium The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing issues a consensus on how scientists might responsibly move forward to create gene-edited babies in the wake of a rogue scientist's claims. Thu, 29 Nov 2018 07:06:00 GMT /2018-11-29/science-summit-denounces-gene-edited-babies-claim-but-rejects-moratorium Rob Stein