Scientists at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have developed mouse models that survive premature death and enable pre-clinical ...

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

Bootstrap Bio has hired a chief science officer, opened a lab and sought seed funding to edit human cells that can be passed ...

The idea of U.S. scientists creating hybrid human-animal beings raises staggering ethical, legal, and scientific questions about the future of genetic engineering, biomedical research, and the ...

GEN editors discuss both the news and history of DNA and genetic engineering. We present a recap of the 50 th anniversary of the Asilomar conference, delving into some of the history from the 1975 ...

Noonan’s lab is focused on understanding how HAR s contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features. In previous work the team has shown that some HAR s alter gene expression in ...

His article on the topic was selected for presentation at the prestigious Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum. “Genetic engineering is the next step and future of conservation to recover ...

A new era in genetic engineering Breakthroughs in gene editing and expression control with mvGPT Date: January 8, 2025 Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science ...

Turning to genetic modification could be a solution for a number of genetic diseases including sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy and cancer. This can be done through modifying human embryos ...

Mosquitoes have plagued humans for centuries, transmitting deadly diseases. To combat this, we now have access to the whole genome sequences of multiple mosquito species, allowing us to ...

Citations W.-W. Liao et al. A draft human pangenome reference. Nature. Published online May 10, 2023. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05896-x. M.R. Vollger et al. Increased mutation and gene conversion ...