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

Martin Kampmann’s work, supported by the National Institutes of Science (NIH), maps cellular “decision points” that determine ...

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited ...

Mr Andrews contacted the medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH) that had carried out the operation. On January ...

Xenotransplantation is the fusion energy of medicine. As the well-worn joke goes, it is the future—and always will be. But ...

Most current approaches rely on adding nuclear localization signal (NLS) motifs to the ends of Cas9 to facilitate nuclear entry. However, this method is inefficient, and much of the Cas9 that is ...

In many cells of the human body, hair-like protrusions known as cilia act as antennae, allowing cells to receive signals from ...

With $80 million in funding from a list of high-profile backers, the startup is developing bifunctional antibodies that drag ...

A lthough still in its early days, CRISPR has already been called the most powerful scientific tool of the century. Using ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that flipping an epigenetic “switch” in specific memory-holding neurons can directly alter memory strength.

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...