Promising results from a small clinical trial highlight a growing interest in designing gene-editing treatments for common ...

Insects that feed on starch can find veritable feasts in corn, pea, and bean crops or warehouses. It is no coincidence that the ancestors of these commercial plants developed α-amylase inhibitor ...

Mini-kidney organoids have now been grown in a laboratory by using genome editing to re-create human kidney disease in petri dishes. The achievement, believed to be the first of its kind, resulted ...

A global health group breaks down exactly where the promise lies in using genetically modified mosquitoes to eliminate ...

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband are now backing a contentious new venture that intends to use genetic engineering on babies to eliminate inherited diseases. The start-up, Preventive, ...

Gene editing techniques, including CRISPR, prime editing, and nucleases, allow scientists to tackle genetic diseases, cancer, and more. Researchers increasingly apply these techniques to study and ...

Researchers have developed a synthetic regeneration system for genetically editing crops, avoiding the challenging step of ...

A new regulatory framework, which allows the commercial cultivation of gene-edited crops in England, has cleared its final ...

The creation of a woolly-mouse embryo marks a significant leap in the field of de-extinction, bringing us one step closer to reviving the iconic woolly mammoth. By combining advanced gene-editing ...

Rh-null is a rare and unique blood type, often referred to as 'Golden Blood'. This blood type is found in less than 50 people ...

Gene editing technologies have been used to improve agricultural products for more than two decades. One of the earliest editing technologies was Transfer DNA, T-DNA, which is extracted from ...