Casgevy: The First Approved CRISPR Therapy
In a development that has drawn wide attention in medicine research, regulators approved the first CRISPR-based therapy in 2023. It...
Year: 2026
A Heart From a Pig: The First Genetically Modified Xenotransplant
In a development that has drawn wide attention in medicine research, surgeons transplanted a gene-edited pig heart into a human...
mRNA Vaccines: A Platform Proven in a Pandemic
In a development that has drawn wide attention in medicine research, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines reached the public in late 2020....
Prime Editing: A Search-and-Replace for the Genome
In a development that has drawn wide attention in biology research, prime editing, unveiled in 2019, can insert, delete, or...
Base Editing: Rewriting DNA One Letter at a Time
In a development that has drawn wide attention in biology research, base editors, introduced in 2016, change single DNA letters...
Below Threshold: Quantum Error Correction Turns a Corner
In a development that has drawn wide attention in physics research, researchers showed adding qubits can lower error rates, not...
Quantum Advantage: Sycamore’s Contested Milestone
In a development that has drawn wide attention in physics research, google reported quantum supremacy with its Sycamore chip in...
Sample Return: OSIRIS-REx Brings Bennu Home
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, nASA returned a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth...
Nudging an Asteroid: The DART Planetary-Defense Test
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, nASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in...
A New Eye on the Cosmos: JWST Opens Up
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, the James Webb Space Telescope released its first images...
