Ever bite into a supermarket tomato and wonder where all the flavor went? You're not imagining things. That watery, cardboard ...

To the research team working to save him, KJ Muldoon was first known only as Patient Eta. But within months, KJ’s name — and ...

This year, gene-editing technology was customized to fix mutations in a single patient’s genes for the first time.

Preliminary results from two trials of the gene therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) suggest the therapy offers an effective cure for beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease in children younger ...

A rare disease mom and scientist shares on the "First Opinion Podcast" how she serves as a translator between her two ...

Comparing the genomes of snakes with distinct coloration patterns pinpointed the genetic variants that contribute to these ...

For years, Yale researchers David Breslow and Mustafa Khokha have worked together with a similar challenge in their ...

The tests have not been approved by federal regulators, but that hasn’t stopped patients from wanting them — and doctors from worrying.

When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it ...

To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to ...

An experimental gene-editing treatment shows promise for permanently lowering levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, possibly helping cut the... CRISPR gene-editing works to reduce high cholesterol ...

A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug appears safe and effective for cutting cholesterol, possibly for life, according to a small early study released Saturday. The study, which ...