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.
There are a number of considerations that can help streamline the pathway to the clinic. One of the first is which vector system will be used, with AAV and lentivirus being two of the most commonly ...
Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...
In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefitted one child. Now reseachers plan to launch a clinical trial of the ...
MRNA research enabled the remarkably fast production of COVID-19 vaccine candidates in the pandemic ... defending the body ...
The observation that mRNA vaccines can sensitize tumors to immunotherapy has researchers eager to test how mRNA’s ability to activate the immune system could be harnessed in oncology.
Allen Institute scientists are learning why vaccines can trigger a weaker response in older adults, around age 65, and what ...
We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of life, but by rewriting it.