We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of life, but by rewriting it.

A research team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and collaborating with the Biomedical Research ...

MRNA research enabled the remarkably fast production of COVID-19 vaccine candidates in the ... as well as for gene-editing ...

While some practices remain controversial or speculative, biohackers are united by a shared curiosity: how can we engineer ...

Some of the most expensive drugs currently in use are gene therapies to treat specific diseases, and their high cost limits ...

People with Type 1 diabetes lose insulin-producing beta cells due to an autoimmune reaction, forcing lifelong dependence on insulin injections. Earlier transplant attempts using donor islets often ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, attacking harmful invaders while protecting your own tissues ...

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

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