In a significant leap forward for neuroscience, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have successfully ...

Keratin is the tough protein that forms hair, nails and hooves. It’s also responsible for something far stranger: human horns.

A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes ...

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 ...

But if you want to use CRISPR for gene therapy, you must first get the scissors, as well as a "guide" molecule that directs ...

Cathy Tie, who launched her first biotech in SF's IndieBio, now leads Manhattan Genomics in controversial push to edit human ...

Tiny viruses that only infect and kill bacteria can help treat deadly antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections with ...

A top US regulator plans to unveil a faster approach to approving custom gene-editing treatments, a move designed to unleash a wave of industry investment that will yield cures for patients with rare ...

Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...

In a separate 2024 study, researchers also made mice temporarily transparent. The study, published in Science, showed that ...

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