The experimental biotech startup Verve Therapeutics has paused the first phase of a buzzy human gene-editing trial due to strange side effects in a patient, according to a report from Bloomberg. While ...

For the first time, doctors are reporting that they have restored vision to people blinded by a rare genetic disorder using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR. NPR health ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs ...

An international team led by Monash University researchers has uncovered the genetic code governing the way genetic mutations affect mRNA and result in disease.

NPR tells the exclusive, behind-the-scenes story of the first person with a genetic disorder to be treated in the United States with the... A Young Mississippi Woman's Journey Through A Pioneering ...

The Chinese scientist who was at the center of global condemnation for altering babies’ genes wants to use a similar technique to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. He Jiankui, who shocked the world in 2018 ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Corey Haas can ride his bike alone now, thanks to an experimental gene therapy that has boosted his fading vision with a single treatment. The gene therapy ...

CRISPR is being used in an experimental effort to eliminate the virus that causes AIDS. The gene-editing technology CRISPR has been used to change the genes of human babies, to modify animals, and to ...

Tail loss in gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans is believed to have occurred about 25 million years ago, when the group evolved away from Old World monkeys. A genetic change in our ancient ancestors ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...