New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
J. Craig Venter plans to develop a machine to find and sequence DNA on Mars, but another genomics mogul, Jonathan Rothberg, may beat him to it.
Keith Campbell, a biologist who was part of the effort to clone Dolly the sheep, has passed away at the age of 58.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
A large Chinese sequencing center’s purchase of Complete Genomics, a California-based DNA services company, ensures the valued technology will remain on the market.
Mice raised in isolation from their mothers developed cognitive deficits similar to those of babies raised in orphanages where physical contact is infrequent.