Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an ...

In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

A new compound called CMX410 may change the fight against tuberculosis. It targets a weak point in the bacteria’s defenses, ...

Researchers have made a significant advance toward the goal of using bacteria—rather than fossil fuels—to produce ethylene, a ...

A research team has successfully engineered a japonica rice variety using CRISPR/Cas9 to simultaneously optimize plant ...

Few locations are quite as picturesque as Cannes, renowned for its glamorous international film ...

Researchers have made a significant advance toward the goal of using bacteria - rather than fossil fuels - to produce ...

A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...

The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, ...

Can artificial intelligence function as a partner in scientific discovery, capable of generating novel, testable hypotheses ...

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...