Editing genes in sperm, eggs and embryos is currently banned in the United States. The current effort by Preventive, a Silicon Valley startup, involves a couple with a genetic abnormality who want to ...

Explore CRISPR technology explained, gene editing science, DNA modification, and genetic engineering ethics—discover how ...

BUILT Biotechnologies, Inc., an emerging leader in DNA Manufacturing-as-a-Service, today announced that it has been chosen as ...

Trump Signs Spending Bill, Ending Longest Shutdown in U.S. History A Pennsylvania sheriff struck a deal with ICE. Months ...

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Portable genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence DNA have critical, previously unreported security ...

Access to ERS Genomics’ foundational CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio expands our genetic engineering toolkit and strengthens our ability to speed up and optimize strain development across Dyadic’s ...

FILE PHOTO: James D. Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, stands inside a ...

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the ...

Remembered for breakthrough with Francis Crick, Watson was later ostracised by the scientific establishment over comments on ...

The Chicago-born scientist won the 1962 Nobel Prize for his discovery but faced condemnation later in life over his offensive ...