Researchers have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique to help the immune system fight advanced gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. The results show ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing ...

Mitochondrial diseases affect approximately 1 in 5,000 people worldwide, causing debilitating symptoms ranging from muscle ...

Ugandan researchers are transforming discarded banana stems into textiles, hair extensions and sanitary pads, positioning the ...

The challenges of parenthood cannot be eliminated through controlling genetic outcomes. This becomes most evident as young ...

The dire wolf went extinct around 10,000 years ago. But, in early April, it was “resurrected” by Colossal Biosciences, a ...

The Canadian creator of Arctic apples, bioengineered to not turn brown, envisions using the same genetic manipulation to ...

Ben Lamm on his mammoth task of resurrecting extinct species, such as the dire wolf, woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger and the ...

This approach for transporting therapeutics into cells could open up new possibilities for treating neurological disorders ...

Researchers have identified a critical amino acid transporter, SlAAP6, that enhances tomato growth and salt tolerance by ...

You might soon carry a wallet made from dinosaur skin. No, not fossilized—actual leather engineered from T. rex DNA in a lab.

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