Genetics

On Wednesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to scientists Emmanuelle…

New research looks to provide a fuller retelling of the tragic, brutal past that was the transatlantic slave trade.…

Ornamental house plants with sustainably glowing leaves and flowers are now one step closer to reality, thanks to a…

From Jesus to “Jurassic Park,” people dream of resurrection, cheating death, defying nature, and uncovering the…

A plethora of previously unknown bacterial strains related to chlamydia have been found in the unlikeliest of…

Disgraced Chinese scientist He Jiankui has been sentenced to three years in jail for creating the world’s first…

A third-party DNA database that began as a passion project and later became embroiled in an ongoing debate over…

There could be a million different structures with the ability to store genetic information, according to a recent…

Scientists have created a new gene-editing technique that overcomes some of the biggest drawbacks of the popular…

An alarming study that added fuel to the fire over a recent controversial genetic experiment in China has now been…

A supposedly rare genetic quirk might be more common than we think, according to new research out Thursday. The…

The partially U.S. government-funded National Academy of Sciences removed a webpage with a video describing gene…

New research shows that psilocybin—the psychoactive compound that puts the magic in magic mushrooms—can be made by…

An experimental trial to reduce the number of mosquitoes in a Brazilian town by releasing genetically modified…

A series of genetic variants can influence handedness, according to a new paper.

New research shows that the genetic tweak employed by disgraced Chinese scientist He Jiankui to make babies immune…

Scientists created a variant of the E. coli bacteria with an entirely synthetic genome, according to a new paper.

A Stanford investigation has cleared three prominent faculty members of helping with a controversial gene-editing…

A suite of genetic tests used to predict a person’s response to specific medications is being marketed illegally by…

Using a modified version of CRISPR, a team of geneticists has successfully triggered 13,200 genetic changes to a…