The discovery of recombinant DNA proved that biology, not chemistry alone, could create new medicines like life-saving insulin.

Successfully treating type 2 diabetes may involve focusing on brain neurons, rather than simply concentrating on obesity or ...

Scientists at the McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have reengineered a compact RNA-guided enzyme ...

TAHITI couples CRISPR with transposable elements from plants to edit cash crops such as corn and soybean with reduced ...

One of the most commonly used gene-delivery methods relies on engineered viruses to insert stretches of genetic material into a cell’s genome. Although effective, these viruses tend to insert their ...

One of the greatest transformations in modern medicine arguably began with a corned beef sandwich.It was the late 1960s, and new Department of ...