WHAT IS THE HUMAN GENOME AND WHY DO WE NEED TO SEQUENCE IT? The Human Genome project is one of the most ambitious and challenging quests ever undertaken by science. Its goal is to completely map and ...

A new way of managing harmful blood fats is emerging in the form of novel gene-editing treatments designed to inactivate or suppress key liver genes involved in regulating cholesterol levels ...

Transposons, DNA sequences that can self-replicate and move (jump) throughout the genome, are widespread and can affect cell ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new ...

India's top track and field athletes will compete in the four-day Senior Federation Competition to secure spots for the 2026 ...

Researchers have made many modifications to the CRISPR system since it was first developed. CRISPR is a DNA-editing tool that ...

Much like scaffolding erected before construction starts, the genome may be partly organized in advance during development.

The causes of male infertility can be hard to diagnose, with many tests failing to detect genetic defects. Sometimes, ...

DNA can voyage along intercellular highways called tunneling nanotubes. It’s a phenomenon that could potentially spread tumor ...

Scientists have successfully used precision DNA editing to repair a genetic mutation linked to Dravet syndrome ...

Beam Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAM), a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through base editing, today presented the recently reported clinical data from the BEAM-302 Phase ...