How AI is helping solve the labor issue in treating rare diseases
Modern biotech has the tools to edit genes and design drugs, yet thousands of rare diseases remain untreated.…
Biographica nets $9.5m for AI-led crop design, partners with BASF
Biographica, a startup deploying AI and machine learning to accelerate and improve the crop trait development process by…
RNA Splicing Errors Drive Leukemia
By: Staff Writer | January 02, 2026 | 7 min. read | Share Summary A new study from Sylvester Comprehensive…
CRISPR-edited fungus boosts protein production and cuts environmental impact
In a new study publishing November 19 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Biotechnology, researchers used a…
New ‘wonder drug’ could cut your cholesterol in half
Scientists say a cutting-edge gene-editing treatment could help people cut harmful high cholesterol levels in half — just…
New gene-editing method can correct many disease-causing mutations in mammalian cells
Some genetic disorders-such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease-involve many mutations in a person’s genome, often…
Scientists Create The Most Efficient Lifeform On Earth After Altering 101,000 Lines Of Genetic Code » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Creating life is something that scientists have been able to do for a while now. In 2010,…
Scientists Create a Banana That Doesn’t Turn Brown
Image credits: Matt L. Any banana you eat today is probably a clone. You may have noticed it…
New Hope for Treating Genetic Hearing Loss
By: Chad Hanson | October 17, 2025 | 5 min. read | Share Summary Hearing loss affects one in…
CRISPR Therapeutics Presents New Preclinical Data for CTX460™ Demonstrating In Vivo Gene Correction of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) Utilizing Novel SyNTase™ Editing Platform
CRISPR Therapeutics AG -Preclinical data presented at the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) highlight a…
Key Wheat Genes That Control Plant Height and Grain Size Identified
Rothamsted scientists have revealed how a group of genes in wheat fine-tunes the plant’s growth and grain formation…
Heart diseases rising: ‘Lab-grown’ hearts and gene editing are the future, top American cardiologist reveals |
We’re familiar with lab-grown diamonds, but what about ‘lab-grown hearts’? It might sound like a scene from a…