Genetics

The controversial world of gene-edited babies, and some companies’ recent quests to push the technology forward. jm1366/Getty Images…

The research teams at the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) and USDA’s Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory…

In a major step toward treating rare neurological diseases, scientists have used gene editing to correct mutations inside…

It provides life-giving oxygen and is used in everyday consumer products like toothpaste. Seaweed. Also known as kelp,…

By Louise McLoughlin A man conceived by sperm donation says he was given the wrong information by the…

It comes as scores of people in the region face travel to Great Britain in hopes of finding…

Acidic soils, which account for nearly 40% of global arable land, release soluble aluminum ions that rapidly inhibit…

When 35-year-old Rajesh (name changed) collapsed during a morning jog, his family was stunned. Fit, vegetarian, and with…

A research team identified the genetic mutation at the base of the atherosclerosis in Korat cats, a disease…

When Noor Siddiqui was growing up, her mother developed retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that leads to gradual vision…

Brain cells (artificially coloured) can be infected by a virus carrying the apperatus to correct disease-causing mutations. Credit:…

For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci’s genius has fascinated historians and scientists alike, but now researchers are closer than…

The tech behind genetically modified babies is getting a reboot : Short Wave : NPR