Beneath the surface of present-day western Honduras lie the ruins of Copán—an archaeological site that once stood as a vital ...

In 2018, Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui engaged in gene-hacking experiments using CRISPR technology. He used it to edit the ...

In the news earlier this month was a story about baby KJ, who made headlines because of a custom treatment he received for a ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time ...

The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

Readers respond to an article about gene editing and object to cuts in research funding. Also: The Covid vaccine; Senator ...

Oral 8-aminoguanine (8-AG) treatment preserved retinal structure and rod function in aged Fischer 344 rats, significantly ...

In 2012, scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier replicated this mechanism found in microbes to develop a ...