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 ...

New York University scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use ...

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