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

genetically engineering bacteria that could produce a foreign protein. The feat turned harmless bacteria into “factories,” capable of pumping out large amounts of proteins, like those needed to make ...

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

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 ...

Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It ...

Researchers Identify Growing List of Genetic Disorders Treatable Before ... a key developmental window in infancy can stunt growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and may boost risk ...

This Research Topic aims to amalgamate pioneering research at the convergence of molecular biology, synthetic genetic circuitry, and microbial engineering. While impressive progress has been made in ...

Forty years ago this month, scientists reported that human activities had punctured Earth’s protective ozone layer. What happened next offers a masterclass in international science-diplomacy.