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.

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

In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

Xenotransplantation is the fusion energy of medicine. As the well-worn joke goes, it is the future—and always will be. But ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the treatment 'a powerful glimpse into the future of personalized medicine' ...

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

Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of human genetics, scientists have discovered a hidden geometric code within our ...

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

Yale researchers have created a new method for simulating “aging-like” chromosome errors in mouse eggs to better understand ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that flipping an epigenetic “switch” in specific memory-holding neurons can directly alter memory strength.

A new study has revealed that the gene HMGN1 is a key driver of congenital heart defects (CHDs) in Down syndrome. Using ...