Biology’s breakout star this year is definitely CRISPR, a precise genome-editing tool that has inspired talk of “designer babies,” hundreds of millions of dollars poured into CRISPR companies, and an international summit about the ethics of it all.
So it’s pretty hard to top CRISPR, but biology had plenty of other big stories in 2015. In fact, we’ve got (“female Viagra”), death (rhinos), and drugs (yeast heroin). And also poop. Keep reading for the most important events in health and biology this year..........
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