Significant advancements in gene silencing and gene editing offer new hope for treating rare disorders. Techniques like RNA ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

Since 2019, MIT researchers have published a new concept called prime editing, which is more precise than regular CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. As a result, it has fewer off-target effects and less chance ...

Sex cells made from scratch could revolutionize human reproduction. But researchers are struggling to translate promising ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

When startup Pairwise launched Conscious Greens, a line of CRISPR-edited mustard greens, consumers got to experience ...

A new tool developed at ETH Zurich, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...