From decoding the tiniest RNA malfunctions to discovering that two genetic defects can sometimes restore health, scientists are rewriting how we understand rare diseases. New research is revealing ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Regeneron’s Otarmeni, the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent. By Gina Kolata The Food and Drug ...

An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...

A new study finds the proteins responsible for controlling which genes are expressed in a genome do more than simply turn a gene on or off. Essentially, each type of protein that interacts with a gene ...

New research from a BYU psychology professor finds that replacing face-to-face interaction with online communication can weaken social connections and increase feelings of isolation. As video calls, ...

When two homozygous plant lines with different characteristics are crossed, the resulting offspring are often more robust and productive than their parents. This phenomenon is called heterosis. It can ...

MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we treat hundreds of genetic diseases. By fine-tuning the tiny molecular “tools ...

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Despite rapid advances in reading the genetic code of living organisms, scientists still face a major challenge today - knowing a gene ...

Memory isn’t just a mechanism for storing all of the information you encounter. Instead, it helps you to hold onto information that is likely to be useful for reducing effort in the future. That is ...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies. His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, ...