"By leveraging the surviving Denisovan segments in modern human genomes scientists have uncovered evidence of at least three ...

Heart muscle cells grown from stem cells show promise in monkeys with a heart problem that typically results from a heart ...

While one of the offspring, referred to as kits, passed away shortly after birth, the two others, a male and a female, “are ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich combined two CRISPR-Cas methods to decipher how mutations in a cell’s genome affect its function.

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers targeting a group of hereditary neurodegenerative diseases have found success ...

Researchers have combined two gene editing methods. This enables them to quickly investigate the significance of many genetic mutations involved in the development and treatment of cancer.

In 1979, the black-footed ferret was listed as an endangered species. More than four decades later, scientists in the United ...

In 1979, the black-footed ferret was believed to be extinct. More than four decades later, scientists in the US have not only ...

Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are ...