His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, ...

A team at UT Southwestern Medical Center has identified a structural trick that lets viruses translate their genetic code inside human cells, even when that code is riddled with “bad” codons the host ...

Archaeologists were puzzled when they found parrot feathers in a pre-Inca burial in coastal Peru. A new study suggests that the birds were captured in the wild and kept alive over lengthy journeys ...

Scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia have described two new species of fungi, Peziza austroechinospora and Peziza meridionalis with the assistance of DNA sequencing, highlighting ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have built CRISPR-GPT, a large language model designed to automate the full arc of gene-editing ...

Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments ...

The current path to CAR-T cell therapy is, by any measure, a logistical ordeal. A patient’s immune cells must be drawn out of ...

Paul Conyngham's 8-year-old rescue dog had a fatal skin cancer. He turned to AI to see if he could create a personalized anti ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.

Western Pennsylvania healthcare innovators are working to improve patient safety. Their efforts help deepen Pittsburgh’s standing as a global safety center — and bring critical research and innovation ...

A redacted correspondent, who sounds to be on the younger side of things, emails Jeffrey Epstein to thank him for their “fun” talk. Then the correspondent remarks: “I seldom have the chance to talk to ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ...