In 2025, an Australian couple asked to have their remaining embryos moved to another clinic, only to discover that the child ...

Scientists are one step closer to pinpointing fragments of Leonardo da Vinci’s elusive DNA. A team of researchers from the ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

This is a summary of: Liu. H. et al. Viral RNA blocks circularization to evade host codon usage control. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09809-y (2025).

Scientists have identified a microbe capable of interpreting a single piece of genetic code in two completely different ways.

A recent study reveals that bacteria residing within colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems closely linked to disease ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Alex Marson of Gladstone and his collaborators at Stanford University developed a genomic mapping technique that helps close ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...