For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Scientists developed a new nanostructure that triples CRISPR’s ability to enter cells, unlocking even more power to treat ...

It is one of humanity’s ultimate scientific and technological quests, alongside putting a man on the moon and unlocking the ...

Our gut microbes and genes are in constant conversation, shaping each other in ways that affect everything from immunity and ...

The consortium that has taken the lead for the synthesis needs to be expanded and needs to include researchers from ...

A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday ...

The Y chromosome, the male relation genetic signature, has been a mystery to scientists for centuries. It’s the most repetitive and complex region of the human genome, and never before was it possible ...

That’s why a team from UC San Diego in La Jolla set out with Yale University researchers to develop a new system for gene ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer. This allows bacteria to ...