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A world where DNA can be rewritten to fix deadly diseases has moved a step closer after scientists announced they had genetically-edited the cells of a human for the first time. A man in China was injected with immune cells which had been modified to...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Mechanics: A team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in Chengdu have become the first to inject a person with cells modified with the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9. The trial involved modifying...

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By Jane Ratcliff I reached toward my bowl of oatmeal.  Before me, I noticed a pair of hands.  Faintly red with raised blue veins, they floated in the shallow morning light.  I drew a sharp breath.  I lived alone.  The doors were locked.  Who could be...

What if there isn’t life on alien planets? Would that be good or bad for our prospects? Picture by Ryan Somma on Flickr. You can now sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. Then you’ll get it from next week! Or maybe even today if you...