Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

One of the most commonly used gene-delivery methods relies on engineered viruses to insert stretches of genetic material into ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor ...

With grim prognosis hanging overhead, doctors and scientists at universities and institutions across the U.S. worked ...

Results from MUSIC-HFpEF Phase 1/2a clinical trial show favorable safety profile and early clinical benefits with SRD-002 ...

This is the first gene editor to use a CRISPR-associated transposase to make targeted edits at therapeutically useful levels ...

Ask scientists which gene-editing tool is most needed to advance gene therapy, and they'd probably describe a system that's ...

Risk-taking emerged as a beneficial strategy in high-reward ancestral contexts. ADHD traits may reflect once-adaptive ...

A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report.

As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring. This disadvantage is greatest for carriers of a recessive gene for intellectual ...

The human brain is known to contain a wide range of cell types, which have different roles and functions. The processes via ...