Our genomes are filled with errors that were once impossible to correct. But in CRISPR, we finally found an extraordinarily ...

As genetic engineering technologies such as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) improve and ...

Manus tried to reframe its identity through “Singapore washing” – but as algorithms transform into key national assets, such ...

An AI powerful enough to analyze DNA, file taxes, and grow tomato plants is being redesigned for everyday work, pointing ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Scientists have identified a microbe capable of interpreting a single piece of genetic code in two completely different ways.

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Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

While codons (combinations of three nucleotides) may vary in which do what functions, a long-standing rule was that each codon serves one specific purpose. New evidence, however suggests that ...

A new study building off the NIH’s All of Us Research Program reveals how genetics, income, lifestyle, and access to healthcare influence diagnosis and timing. Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most genetic medicine uses viruses or double-stranded DNA to deliver genetic ...

Scientists from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute have been studying more effective ways of treating people living with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA). People with this rare and progressive ...