Jaws of Life
No Time to be Patient
She embarked on a mission to cure her rare disease. Now she’s finding answers for one that’s even rarer.
By Alisson Clark
This geneticist’s goal: Cure the disease that runs in his family
In 2006, specialists around the country started getting emails from a recent Harvard grad named Eric Wang asking about myotonic dystrophy, an inherited disease that runs in his family.
By Alisson Clark
Revealing the Ancestry “Blind Spot”
Genetic ancestry shapes health disparities, but most biomedical experiments ignore it
By Alisson Clark
Here’s how AI could bring better fruit to your table
Patricio Muñoz envisions a quicker method for bringing a new cultivar to market: exploring the natural variations in plant genetics using artificial intelligence.
By Alisson Clark
Traces of DNA in sand, water could be key to protecting sea turtles
DNA “fingerprints” left behind by sea turtles offer scientists a simple, powerful way of tracking the health and whereabouts of these endangered animals, a key step forward in their conservation.
By Natalie van Hoose
Innovation is in his DNA
The Genetics Institute director on his startup mindset, leading by influence and sparking collaboration
By Alisson Clark
New hope for coral disease comes from probiotics
Microbial ecologist Julie Meyer and her collaborators want to put beneficial bacteria to work fighting a coral disease that has spread around Florida and now reached the Caribbean.
By Alisson Clark
