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‘Stranded’ NASA astronauts’ return to Earth delayed until at least ‘late March’ 2025 due to SpaceX capsule issues, NASA reveals

A pair of astronauts who launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June for a 10-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS) will now spend at least nine months in space, after NASA announced yet another delay to their return flight. NASA said in a blog post Tuesday (Dec. 17) that the next crew swap […]

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How CRISPR patent issues block Indian farmers from accessing biotech benefits

Increasingly, agricultural scientists in Asia and Africa are using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to develop disease-resistant, high-yield crop varieties. Many, especially those in government research laboratories, are underestimating the importance of the patent and licensing rules that surround tools such as CRISPR. Access the most recent journalism from Nature’s award-winning team Explore the latest features […]

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What are the ethical issues related to pig organ transplants in humans?

In 2022, surgeons transplanted the first genetically engineered pig heart into a human. Fifty-seven-year-old David Bennett, a patient with heart failure, survived almost two months with a pig heart beating in his chest, one of five people who have received pig organs as a part of an experimental procedure called xenotransplantation — the transplanting of […]