For the first time, the tools to rewrite human biology are moving from speculative fiction into regulated clinics and ...

Researchers in Mexico are turning their focus towards a revolutionary technique to enhance crop resilience. According to News Arena India, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, also ...

What if a cup of coffee could help treat cancer? Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Institute of Biosciences and Technology ...

Gene editing technologies have been used to improve agricultural products for more than two decades. One of the earliest editing technologies was Transfer DNA, T-DNA, which is extracted from ...

CRISPR gene editing has transitioned from a laboratory curiosity to a cornerstone of modern biotechnology, revolutionizing our approach to genetic diseases, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease ...

It could be a brave new world. Texas Sen. John Cornyn sounded the alarm that a biotech startup firm that has raised some $30 million to study diseases in embryos is working on gene-editing techniques ...

Better crops or a cop out? The new EU agreement on NGTs could open the pathway to a more secure food supply, but critics say health risks remain ...

Two studies published in Nature Medicine June 11 contribute to a small body of literature suggesting cells edited with CRISPR-Cas9 may cause cancer. Here are five things to know about the studies and ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers are helping to advance new techniques that allow scientists to site-specifically mutate and edit the genes of living organisms. The two researchers, ...

Canada is wrestling with how gene-editing should translate to voluntary genetically modified food labels, or whether it even should ...

Controversial biophysicist says he's found in Icelandic people who are free of Alzheimer's and even live longer ...