A new wave of gene therapy treatments offer a new lease on life for people with inherited diseases such as haemophilia. But ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform—from bacteria to blue whales—shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific controversy.

Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a ...

A single sperm donor who carries a rare cancer-causing genetic mutation has fathered at least 197 children across 14 ...

Around 25 million Americans have rare genetic diseases, and many of them struggle with not only a lack of effective ...

Cancer isn't just about broken genes-it's about broken architecture. Imagine a city where roads suddenly vanish, cutting off neighborhoods from essential services. That's what happens inside cells ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

A Philadelphia-area infant named Baby KJ made international headlines after doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine successfully treated his rare, life-threatening liver ...

Patients with a previously untreatable form of blood cancer are now living disease-free after a world-first gene therapy.

The controversial genetic science that’s busting the myths about Hitler - Geneticist Professor Turi King paints a more vivid ...

Shared genes found in golden retrievers and people influence traits like fear, trainability, and emotional sensitivity.

Scientists at UCL and GOSH have used groundbreaking base-edited CAR‑T cell therapy — BE‑CAR7 — to treat aggressive T‑cell ...