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.

The Duke Reading Center, which specializes in the analysis of retinal images, collaborated with Sina Farsiu, professor in the departments of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering, to play a pivotal ...

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 experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the ...

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of ...

New scientific article warns of loss of consumer trust unless proper analysis is done. Report: Claire Robinson ...

For Sakura Tafoya, it started with a header. The Santa Fe girl and her family were playing soccer on a fall day in 2021. Sakura, then 4, tried out a move she’d seen other kids do: hitting the ball ...

Following the vote at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, members have rejected a moratorium on genetic engineering of wild species (Motion 133) and adopted the IUCN Policy on Synthetic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Genetic risk for dilated cardiomyopathy was tied to elevated risk for secondary cardiomyopathies related to ...

DENISON, Texas (KTEN) — A Grayson County grand jury has indicted a man for manslaughter in connection with the death of Katie Palmer, who was struck by a pickup truck while walking with her husband in ...

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's AI startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned, including an equity investment from Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab, to bring its ongoing funding round to ...