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 ...

The government’s long-promised Gene Technology Bill, which aims to reform laws around genetic modification, has run into a major roadblock. NZ First is refusing to support the bill in its current form ...

Astromech represents the strategic convergence of synthetic biology expertise with artificial intelligence development capabilities through the partnership of Ben Lamm and George Church. The venture ...

Abstract: Optical pooled screening (OPS) combines automated microscopy and genetic perturbations to systematically study gene function in a scalable and cost-effective way. Leveraging the resulting ...

Researchers in Mexico are turning their focus towards a revolutionary technique to enhance crop resilience. According to News Arena India, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, also ...

Oct 6 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca (AZN.L), opens new tab has signed a $555 million deal with a San Francisco-based biotech business Algen Biotechnologies, The Financial Times reported on Monday. The ...

ZUG, Switzerland and BOSTON, Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on creating transformative gene-based medicines for serious ...

For honeybees, the San Francisco Bay Area traditionally serves up a year-long feast. "There's usually something blooming," said Alameda beekeeper Andre Kruglilkov, who owns Twin Bee Apiaries and sells ...

New research has filled in missing links between gene variants that have been implicated in disease through genome-wide association studies and how the variants drive disease pathology. The research ...