It was 2016, and I had been suffering from excruciating periods for months when I was diagnosed with endometriosis, a disorder in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside the uterus instead. The pain often made me throw up, left me unable to move, and over time became debilitating. In an attempt to ease the pain I depended on warm showers and...
Two years ago, a group of Chinese scientists shocked the world with a groundbreaking – and arguably chilling – achievement. They modified genes in human embryos with the latest gene editing technique, showing that designer babies, technically speaking, were no longer science fiction.
A new tool unveiled last week takes the precision of this technology to a whole new level. Named adenine base editor, the...
