A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly developed form of CRISPR at UNSW Sydney points to a safer way of treating ...

As intelligence moves off screens and into the physical world, we have a rare opportunity to shape how people and machines ...

This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...

By Henry A. Onwubiko“A nation that cannot control its own seeds cannot decide its destiny.” –Captain Ibrahim Troure Genetic engineering, the manipulation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the hereditary ...

This research team at the LSU AgCenter is racing against extreme weather disasters to advance genetic storage technology and ...

Compare the 2026 BSc Microbiology and BSc Biotechnology. To help you choose between a career in genetic engineering and ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

Deep inside a remote cave, a scatter of ancient wolf bones can feel like a crime scene frozen in time. The way those remains ...

JonBenet’s father, John Ramsey, found her body on Dec. 26, 1996, in the basement of the family’s Boulder home.

AI maps fleeting DNA quadruplexes, revealing paired structures that control genes in healthy cells and cancer.

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