The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the ...

Me’s bankruptcy could put millions of Americans’ genomic profiles at risk of being sold to the Chinese Communist Party, who ...

The findings may advance scientific understanding and treatments for inherited and age-related diseases in people, according ...

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...

For decades, scientists and surgeons around the world have been trying to solve the organ donor crisis. The answer could be ...

Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum signed into law a constitutional reform banning the cultivation of genetically modified ...

A team from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the first in the world to study the use of genetically engineered pig hearts for infants waiting for heart transplantation.  The study was led by John ...

Here’s what Catholics should know about the dire wolves and what the Church might have to say about “resurrecting” extinct species of animals.

Dire wolves share ancestry with modern-day dogs, which scientists have already studied and gathered data on extensively.

Over the past week, the media have been inundated with news of the “de-extinction” of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) – a ...

By stimulating certain cones with extreme precision, scientists can help humans perceive a new color that defies all ...