An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence ...

On a video call in early September, Sarah Tabrizi first saw the data that she and other researchers studying Huntington’s ...

Spaceflight, genetic tinkering, and the psychological implications of technological acceleration are explored with accuracy ...

EU to allow food altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under a new framework.

The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...

Researchers created a highly efficient gene-editing method that fixes multiple DNA mutations in a single step. The breakthrough could revolutionize genetic medicine by making treatments for complex ...

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics-meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

PERT edits the genome to permanently express a suppressor tRNA, so that cells affected by nonsense mutations can produce functional protein.