Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

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

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, ...

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

After Intellia Therapeutics paused a pair of phase 3 trials for its CRISPR therapy in response to a liver safety signal, the ...

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

As flu season approaches and public health officials roll out their annual push for vaccination, Allen Institute scientists ...

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.

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

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

A researcher at the University of Houston finds management of diabetic ketoacidosis may center around reducing ketone levels ...