Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are crucial for preserving biodiversity ...

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

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, ...

A large biobanking effort captures genetic and health data from half a million people in Taiwan, widening the diversity of ...

Advances in cancer immunotherapy from immune checkpoint modulation to adoptive cell transfer of tumour-infiltrating ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

To prevent dangerous levels of global warming, scientists say it won’t be enough to just stop burning fossil fuels that release carbon into the air. Because it’s virtually impossible for humanity to ...

In the early days of the growing coronavirus outbreak that would soon become a pandemic, an elite group of international scientists gathered on a conference call to discuss a shocking possibility: The ...

Three scientists shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their contributions to the field of immunology. Earlier today, it was announced that Mary E. Brunkow, PhD, Fred Ramsdell, PhD ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is unable to concretely identify the origins of the virus that led to the Covid-19 pandemic, in part due to a lack of cooperation from China. In a report ...

Nobel 2025 in Physiology or Medicine went to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for explaining how the immune system holds its fire — the discovery of regulatory T-cells and the FOXP3 ...