Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how ...

A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

A new preclinical study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified a gut bacterium that, when ...

Unlike computer code that sits on a device and does what it's told, lab-engineered genes can multiply on their own. While ...

Every living cell reads the same genetic code — a near-universal set of instructions, conserved across billions of years of evolution, that translates DNA sequences into proteins built from the ...

New research shows it’s possible to edit the DNA of human embryos with more precision. But scientists warn it’s still not ...

A new method for recognizing and targeting DNA that dramatically expands the range of genetic sequences scientists can identify has been developed by experts at the University of Portsmouth. Published ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) The United States is one of only a handful of countries that allows companies to hold patents on plant varieties. As a result, a small number of corporations can – and do – suppress ...

In my first semester of graduate school at Tufts University, I sat across from a young professor as he pitched me on joining his lab to work on genetic code expansion (GCE). Even though I'd just ...

When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...

Presented at FENS Forum 2026, Europe's largest neuroscience conference, the findings do not suggest that one dose causes ...