The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that it is lifting an import ban that prevented a brand of…
Conventional DNA is comprised of the familiar A, C, G, and T base pairs, but a newly created genetic system is packed…
The great white shark is impressively terrifying (though not actually much of a threat to humans). But a new study…
An 80-year-old woman from the United Kingdom is the first patient to undergo gene therapy to treat age-related macular…
Three high-profile faculty members at Stanford University are under investigation for alleged ties to He Jiankui, the…
The Associated Press reports that Nobel laureate and biologist Craig Mello was aware of a pregnancy in China involving…
The adorable and enigmatic axolotl is capable of regenerating many different body parts, including limbs, organs, and…
Chinese researchers have cloned five gene-edited monkeys with a host of genetic disease symptoms, according to two…
The scientist responsible for creating the world’s first genetically modified babies violated government bans and…
Scientists are trying to revolutionize potatoes and, in the process, cure the tubers’ depression, the result of…
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has stripped James Watson, the 90-year-old Nobel Prize-winning scientist…
A British geneticist is worried that He Jiankui—the Chinese scientist responsible for the birth of genetically modified…
Surely, someone out there has cooked up a shrimp fra diavolo and thought, “mamma mia, this would be much easier if…
In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to get a complete readout of a person’s genetics with ease, even…
Gene therapies are very much at their preliminary stages of development, so it would make sense to keep tabs on…
The current whereabouts of He Jiankui—the scientist who claims to have engineered the world’s first genetically…
Speaking at a genetics conference in Hong Kong earlier today, embattled Chinese scientist He Jiankui said he was…
You probably learned two things about mitochondria in high school biology. First, they’re the powerhouses of the cell.…
Scientists who study Drosophila, the humble fruit fly, like to have some fun when naming newly identified genes and…
Genetic testing has helped plenty of people gain insight into their ancestry, and some services even help users find…
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