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Thousands of years ago, our ancestors took the first step toward reshaping nature by taming animals. From the loyalty of early dogs to the burden-bearing power of hoofed beasts, this moment marked the ...

For months, researchers in a laboratory in Dallas, Texas, worked in secrecy, culturing grey-wolf blood cells and altering the DNA within. The scientists then plucked nuclei from these gene-edited ...