The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District is expanding a program to attack the disease-carrying pests with a new tool.

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

As genome editing therapies move through clinical trials to regulatory approval, scientists continue the quest for the holy ...

Summary: Researchers discovered that just a single exposure to cocaine induces profound, long-lasting structural changes inside key brain cells that persist for at least two weeks. Using advanced ...

As climate change brings longer droughts, more frequent heat waves and increasingly unpredictable growing conditions to ...

Scribe Therapeutics is the latest biotech to prepare a public listing, as the company looks to propel its lipid-lowering medicines through clinical trials. While the Bay Area biotech has yet to set ...

Scientists at a NY university say they can bring back the near extinct American chestnut tree, wiped out a century ago, ...

Variation in a taste receptor gene influences taste sensitivity of children and adults, accounting for individual differences in taste preferences and food selection, report a team of researchers from ...

Genetic profiles and the gene editor CRISPR threaten to bring a new eugenics of gene selection, but even eugenicist Foster ...

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

The Lane Bryant murders remain one of the most disturbing unsolved criminal cases in the United States, as they continue to draw attention even after 18 years. It was on February 2, 2008, when a ...