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Regenerative medicine, genetics, cancer therapies, transplantation, and prospective treatments.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?↗ dynomight.substack.com · HN · 291 comments · 573 points · Sep 24, 2026
Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats↗ anthropic.com · HN · 802 comments · 780 points · Sep 23, 2026
How to sequence your own DNA at home↗ bradleywoolf.com · HN · 159 comments · 382 points · Jul 07, 2026
For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides↗ quantamagazine.org · HN · 303 comments · 957 points · Jul 01, 2026
CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancers↗ innovativegenomics.org · HN · 220 comments · 1002 points · Jun 12, 2026
20251,224 stories
New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair↗ nottingham.ac.uk · HN · 258 comments · 685 points · Nov 05, 2025
Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant↗ nature.com · HN · 274 comments · 532 points · Sep 25, 2025
Telo MT1↗ telotrucks.com · HN · 622 comments · 627 points · Aug 02, 2025
Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment↗ nytimes.com · HN · 531 comments · 1257 points · May 15, 2025
Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation technique↗ newatlas.com · HN · 125 comments · 515 points · Feb 24, 2025
20241,176 stories
Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab↗ nature.com · HN · 248 comments · 692 points · Nov 09, 2024
Mitochondria Are Alive↗ asimov.press · HN · 389 comments · 638 points · Nov 08, 2024
Scientists glue two proteins together, driving cancer cells to self-destruct↗ med.stanford.edu · HN · 178 comments · 703 points · Nov 04, 2024
Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited deafness↗ cosmosmagazine.com · HN · 217 comments · 508 points · Jun 08, 2024
Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial↗ independent.co.uk · HN · 335 comments · 704 points · May 09, 2024
20231,111 stories
Molecular jackhammers eradicate cancer cells by vibronic-driven action↗ nature.com · HN · 4 comments · 74 points · Dec 31, 2023
Novel helmet liner made from carbon nanotubes↗ newatlas.com · HN · 34 comments · 60 points · Dec 29, 2023
Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in the Lab Using Vibrating Molecules↗ sciencealert.com · HN · 16 comments · 60 points · Dec 27, 2023
Light-induced whole-molecule vibration can rupture melanoma cells’ membrane↗ news.rice.edu · HN · 43 comments · 172 points · Dec 27, 2023
Scientists find way to wipe a cell's memory to reprogram it as a stem cell↗ uwa.edu.au · HN · 8 comments · 76 points · Aug 27, 2023
20221,078 stories
CRISPR cancer trial success paves the way for personalized treatments↗ nature.com · HN · 287 comments · 780 points · Nov 10, 2022
Potential fabrication in research threatens the amyloid theory of Alzheimer’s↗ science.org · HN · 256 comments · 604 points · Jul 21, 2022
Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy↗ news.mit.edu · HN · 212 comments · 569 points · Apr 15, 2022
Medical student surgically implants Bluetooth into own ear to cheat in final↗ independent.co.uk · HN · 465 comments · 609 points · Mar 14, 2022
U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient↗ apnews.com · HN · 701 comments · 804 points · Jan 10, 2022
2021947 stories
New cancer therapy holds potential to switch off major cancer types↗ princeton.edu · HN · 103 comments · 507 points · Nov 30, 2021
CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating broad array of diseases↗ npr.org · HN · 234 comments · 600 points · Jun 26, 2021
FDA approves first test of CRISPR for genetic defect causing sickle cell disease↗ news.berkeley.edu · HN · 132 comments · 440 points · Apr 07, 2021
Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responders into responders↗ eurekalert.org · HN · 302 comments · 407 points · Feb 05, 2021
Patient Regains Sight Following Artificial Cornea Implantation↗ prnewswire.com · HN · 75 comments · 406 points · Jan 18, 2021
2020907 stories
AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology↗ deepmind.com · HN · 1 comments · 1473 points · Nov 30, 2020
Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution↗ interestingengineering.com · HN · 356 comments · 502 points · Nov 15, 2020
Cryo–electron microscopy breaks the atomic resolution barrier↗ sciencemag.org · HN · 91 comments · 377 points · Oct 23, 2020
Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice↗ statnews.com · HN · 89 comments · 438 points · Feb 21, 2020
Glia – High-quality low-cost open source medical hardware↗ glia.org · HN · 50 comments · 595 points · Jan 15, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats↗ anthropic.com · HN · 802 comments · 780 points · Sep 23, 2026
Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?↗ dynomight.substack.com · HN · 291 comments · 573 points · Sep 24, 2026
Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity↗ cell.com · HN · 219 comments · 184 points · Sep 24, 2026
AlphaGenome maps 9B DNA variants↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 7 comments · 106 points · Sep 09, 2026
GLP-1s are being linked to fewer serious infections, including TB↗ gizmodo.com · HN · 84 comments · 145 points · Sep 03, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats↗ anthropic.com · HN · 802 comments · 780 points · Sep 23, 2026
Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?↗ dynomight.substack.com · HN · 291 comments · 573 points · Sep 24, 2026
Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity↗ cell.com · HN · 219 comments · 184 points · Sep 24, 2026
GLP-1s are being linked to fewer serious infections, including TB↗ gizmodo.com · HN · 84 comments · 145 points · Sep 03, 2026
AlphaGenome maps 9B DNA variants↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 7 comments · 106 points · Sep 09, 2026
We accidentally built a synthetic cell factory↗ bnext.bio · HN · 10 comments · 83 points · Sep 09, 2026
The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest↗ nytimes.com · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 17, 2026
A 3-Year-Old's Metastatic Cancer Disappeared After Experimental Therapy↗ sciencealert.com · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 16, 2026
First-in-Human Trial of CRISPR Therapy Shown to Safely Lower Cholesterol↗ newsroom.clevelandclinic.org · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 04, 2026
AI reveals new class of cellular 'off switch' linked to cancer pathways↗ news.cornell.edu · HN · 1 comments · 5 points · Sep 09, 2026

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