A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific world. Developed from a ...

A new multicenter study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with the Clinical ...

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the genetic makeup of an organism. Modifications can be generated by methods such as gene targeting, nuclear transplantation, transfection of synthetic ...

The work was led by Professor Seung Soo Oh and Dr. Hyesung Jo from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at POSTECH ... require genetic modifications, or risk damaging protein ...

Credit: ASHBi/Kyoto University Japanese researchers used a nonviral piggyBac system to genetically modify cynomolgus monkeys, enabling more accurate disease models and advancing primate genetic ...

DNA-testing company 23andMe and its co-founder, Anne Wojcicki, aimed to revolutionize healthcare, bringing genetic tests into homes with just a tube of spit. WSJ takes a look at factors that ...

These findings suggest that genetic risk may already manifest during ... One of the most studied modifications is DNA methylation, a process in which methyl groups -- small molecules composed ...

Scientists have captured the first detailed 'molecular movie' showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level -- revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying their genetic material.

It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argues Sui Huang from the Institute for Systems Biology, U.S., and colleagues in an essay published in ...

In a healthy person, the damaged cells are disposed of in a process called mitophagy. The PINK1 ubiquitin signal is unique to damaged mitochondria, and when PINK1 is mutated in patients ...

Rational design is the classical protein engineering method that involves site directed ... regarding the protein’s structure and mechanisms, as it mimics the process of natural evolution. The success ...