A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

The gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is changing what's possible for treating a wide range of diseases caused by ...

This study presents a comprehensive benchmarking of human-derived transcription activation domains (hTADs) for use in CRISPR-based artificial ...

Cathy Tie left university to found her first biotechnology company at the age of 18. In the 11 years since, she has launched several more. Her first company helped genetic-testing firms to interpret ...

A study using albino cane toads with edited genes challenges the belief that albino wildlife is rare because it’s more visible to predators.

A leading bioethicist at Hiroshima University is calling for an anticipatory, rather than reactive, approach to ethics after ...

Two parallel and complementary studies conducted by the IDIBELL team led by Dr. Alessandra Giorgetti have succeeded in ...

Gout is one of the oldest documented human illnesses. It develops when sharp crystals form inside joints, triggering intense swelling and pain, and is ...

A mechanism that distinguishes fleeting short-term memories from lasting long-term memories in the brain has been discovered. The principle involves various molecules in the brain acting like differen ...