KATMAP: A new way to understand and predict gene splicing

Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...
Healio

Shifting PCSK9 inhibition ‘upstream’ for high-risk primary prevention

PCSK9 inhibition may be a suitable alternative for statin-intolerant patients, and recent data demonstrated its efficacy as ...
Scientific American

Gene Editing Helped One Baby—Could It Help Thousands?

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach ...

Engineered E. coli use direct, cell-to-cell contact to grow into new structures

Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.
Nature

‘Biotech Barbie’ says the time has come to consider CRISPR babies. Do scientists agree?

A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes towards the controversial approach.