Every human face is different, but scientists still know surprisingly little about how our DNA shapes these differences. To ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child ...

The identification of 20 causal plasma proteins for prostate cancer represents a critical step toward addressing the need for improved diagnostic specificity and reveals promising new targets for ...

Academics and policymakers convened at Presidency University to debate gene-edited rice in India. Discussions explored its ...

An updated edition of the Sept. 18, 2025, article. Genomics is a comprehensive study of genomes (an organism’s complete set of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA). Given the recent promising breakthroughs ...

How could something known for causing disease make life possible? Scientists reveal that ancient viruses inserted pieces of ...

On November 13, Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food imposed the confinement of all free-range poultry farms ...

In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically ...

Having a child with Down syndrome has been an irrational, unprovable good, writes. In a world of increasing mechanization, measurement and merit, people like my daughtern can help return us to our ...

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.

Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans.

Genetic manipulation – or gene editing – is a concept that describes altering the genetic material (DNA) of an organism.