A new FDA pathway could speed bespoke gene therapies, but key questions over scope and commercial viability remain.

After releasing two gene-edited rice varieties in May this year, scientists are now focusing on developing GE varieties of ...

Cornell (NY, USA) researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Of the many advances in science and technology over the past 25 years, genetic testing is arguably one of the most notable. Once a rare part of health care, it is now becoming much more common. And it ...

Since the advent of DNA testing, law enforcement agencies have been able to prosecute crimes - and exonerate the wrongly ...

Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes ...

There is growing appetite in Silicon Valley for the legally murky and morally frowned upon practice of embryo-editing. This ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution. A scientist examines a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile on ...

Entrepreneurs say it’s time to safety-test designer baby technology. A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create ...

Your ACTN3 gene doesn’t guarantee power, but it helps explain it. Whether you carry the RARE Variant or not, fast-twitch muscle is trainable. Lift heavy, move violently, and express the speed written ...