Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...

Some genetic disorders—such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease—involve many mutations in a person's genome, ...

The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid in the ...

St. Jude researchers advance CASTs, enhancing precision and activity for next-generation genome-editing therapies.

Spun out of MIT, the company is engineering a new class of biomolecules at 10x lower cost and drastically increased scale to advance gene editing toward cures for complex diseases. “We believe curing ...

The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

Cutting-edge DNA mapping technology identified new genetic information that can help researchers decipher more genetic diseases, a new study found. The research will be presented at the Pediatric ...