5 latest biotechnology breakthroughs, from genome sequencing to microbiome manipulation, revolutionizing medicine, ...

As South Africa grapples with the implications of genome editing, the ethical debate intensifies. What does the future hold for families, and who gets to decide the boundaries of genetic modification?

This patent protects Full Circles' innovative platform, which enables precise, efficient, and non-viral genome modification using circular single-stranded DNA (cssDNA), overcoming key challenges ...

A team of Chinese researchers has developed two new genome editing technologies, known collectively as Programmable Chromosome Engineering (PCE) systems.

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, research finds.

A team of UK-based researchers is going where no scientist has dared to go—writing artificial human DNA from scratch. They’re hoping the project will answer fundamental questions about the ...

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, offers recommendations for identifying the ...

Discover how CRISPR-Cas9 technology is revolutionizing spider silk production with red fluorescent fibers and advancing genetic research.

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the ...