Through exploration, innovation and engineering, life science research is enriching our understanding of the nature both outside and inside us, with the ultimate goal to better serve and benefit mankind. In the past 2022, breakthroughs were made in the field of many areas which include viral vaccine development in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, trans-species organ transplant, crop optimization, the complete sequencing of a human genome, gene editing and therapy, and so on. Herein, we highlight a few breakthroughs that could either significantly enrich our knowledge of the problem or have the great potential to immediately transform our conditions and change our medical and social practice in the related area.

life sciences  /  Omicron variants  /  RSV vaccines  /  monkeypox  /  organ transplantation  /  genomics  /  crop planting  /  gene editing technology