Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message ...

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 ...

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

Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have uncovered the hidden code governing how genetic mutations affect RNA splicing and result in disease. The researchers were able to ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

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

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

Standard laboratory tests can fail to detect many disease-causing DNA changes. Now, a novel 3D chromosome mapping method can ...

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a simple DNA "switch" that helps tropical ...

By precisely editing the D3 gene, which regulates both plant height and tillering, researchers developed compact, ...

If gene-editing tomatoes proves effective, researchers hope to bring the first “sunshine tomato” to market within three years ...