Scientists at UC Davis discovered a small genetic difference that could explain why humans are more prone to certain cancers ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations ...

Now Google’s DeepMind division says it’s made a leap in trying to understand the code with AlphaGenome, an AI model that ...

New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain ...

Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer light.

Scientists identified 473 human genes that act as genetic “on/off switches,” shaping disease risk through tissue-specific or ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

A new gene therapy trial safely restores hearing in deaf children and adults, offering hope for those with DFNB9 deafness ...

Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer light.

The good news is that scientists found ways to protect Fas Ligand from plasmin. By blocking plasmin or making Fas Ligand ...