More discussions are planned. There will never be simple answers, but without any regulatory guidance—and there is none yet for editing human DNA—the tremendous potential of this revolution ...

One of the key challenges of the modern genomics era is studying the thousands of genes in a single human cell at scale. To ...

Researchers are using gene editing techniques to introduce beneficial traits like polled and disease resistance, as well as ...

Space is a hostile environment for humans. Even on Mars, settlers might have a hard time coping with potentially lethal ...

Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific genes play in many diseases. But to date this ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely ...

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing exploits the CRISPR-Cas system ... integration of a large transgene to a safe-harbor site in the human genome. Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common type of ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Colossal Biosciences genetically engineered a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. The milestone could inform human gene therapy.

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Researchers at Duke University and North Carolina State University have discovered a handful of new CRISPR-Cas systems that ...