The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study ...

Nobel laureate David Baker’s latest foundation model can design proteins that interact to any biomolecule for broad biotech applications.

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

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To address these challenges, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...

Discover how scientists are harnessing the power of CRISPR to precisely edit DNA, revolutionizing medicine and ethics as they rewrite the very code of life. Pixabay, PublicDomainPictures CRISPR ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

Abstract: Deep learning models are widely used in data-driven applications due to their high predictive performance, but their lack of interpretability limits their applicability in domains requiring ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

University of Sheffield scientists explore how plants can rapidly adapt to climate change through natural genetic engineering, potentially revolutionising crop resilience Researchers at the University ...

New evidence from large-scale genetic and cohort studies reveals that alcohol increases dementia risk across the dose range, overturning the myth of “safe” moderate drinking. Study: Alcohol use and ...