Base editing in human embryos reveals that NANOG is the one gene required to form every body tissue. Cambridge’s landmark ...

The use of genome editing in early embryos has pulled back the curtain on the role of one of the key genes that orchestrates ...

What if you could precisely change the genome of a pre-implantation human embryo and then safely use that embryo to try to ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

Research led by the University of Cambridge Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research has shown that a genome editing technique ...

Research led by the University of Cambridge Loke Center for Trophoblast Research has shown that a genome-editing technique ...

COMMENTARY: Why is this latest development generally being hailed as a scientific milestone rather than a giant ethical violation?

We have identified the gene that, when activated, initiates the developmental programme that results in cells forming a human ...

Researchers led by developmental biologist Kathy Niakan at the University of Cambridge have used base editing in human embryos to learn more about human embryonic development. By deactivating a gene ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Juergen Eckhardt leads Bayer’s impact investment unit, Leaps by Bayer. Dr. David Liu, pictured with former lab members Holly Rees ...

Genome editing lets scientists rewrite DNA, the instruction manual inside every living cell, with a precision that was ...