In the rugged landscapes of Papua New Guinea—where more than 800 languages echo across valleys and coasts—a remarkable ...

Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a tool that can be used to switch a plant's key genetic traits on or ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

As a postdoc, Komor found a way to achieve gene-editing with higher efficiencies and a lower incidence of indels by avoiding ...

The question is no longer hypothetical. In recent years, scientists have devised powerful genetic tools that may be able to ...

Prime editing is an advanced gene editing technology that enables precise DNA corrections without introducing double-stranded breaks, significantly reducing off-target effects. This innovation holds ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine.

The best, highest-quality steaks—picture a rib eye festooned with ribbons of white fat—typically come from animals whose ...

So, they began testing it the only way they could — by breeding plants and animals, watching what happened, and doing it ...

Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all in the name of genetic progress.

Genetic defects are exceedingly common, which is not surprising considering just how many cells make up our bodies, including our reproductive cells. While most of these defects have no or only ...

A single Neanderthal gene slipped into lab mice triggered unexpected changes in their skeletons. Scientists in Japan uncovered traits echoing long-lost human cousins.