Broken String Biosciences ("Broken String"), a leader in advancing gene editing safety, today announced the appointment of ...

Predictive indicators for whether a baby will be vulnerable to certain diseases after birth, as well as their future height, ...

CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.

By reactivating a long-lost gene, researchers were able to lower uric acid levels and stop damaging fat accumulation in human ...

Researchers have identified that the precisely timed transcription of two genes named grim and reaper is responsible for the targeted death of neurons within the developing nervous system of female ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

In a highly anticipated article, FDA officials Vinay Prasad, M.D., and Martin Makary, M.D., outlined a novel regulatory ...

The real revolution came in 2012, when researchers Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier harnessed CRISPR, a natural bacterial defense system. In bacteria, CRISPR cuts out invading viruses’ DNA ...