Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...

MIT researchers have dramatically lowered the error rate of prime editing, a technique with promise for treating numerous ...

A kratom relative’s genome reveals three enzymes for mitraphylline, a cancer-active alkaloid, enabling sustainable, scalable production for research use.

With support from the National Institutes of Health, the COBRE Center for RNA Biology in Health and Disease will create a ...

Groundbreaking new tests reveal patterns in our immune systems that can signal underlying disease and tell us how well we ...

Researchers have now come up with a new way to engineer CAR-NK cells that makes them much less likely to be rejected by the ...

Michigan Tech's Genomic Sequencing Lab, part of the University's Health Research Institute, plays a leading role in tracking ...

Har Gobind Khorana, a Nobel laureate, deciphered the genetic code, revealing how DNA sequences specify amino acids. His ...

Nearly every cell in your body depends on mitochondria to survive and function properly. Mitochondria earned the nickname ...

Last month, in a tiny room in Manchester, UK, a niche group of biology scientists gathered to discuss if they needed to restrict research in an emerging technology that might affect humans and ...

When Microsoft’s chief scientific officer Eric Horvitz and his team describe a “zero-day” in biology, they are deliberately ...

Human eggs made from a volunteer’s skin DNA were fertilized in a lab in September, and some grew for nearly a week, though ...