Researchers have developed an improved method of gene editing that is precise, more efficient than other similar methods and ...

Researchers have created a new type of drug molecule that can precisely destroy TERRA, an RNA molecule that helps certain ...

Some genetic disorders—such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease—involve many mutations in a person's genome, ...

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Scottish scientists have engineered swine that are resistant to classical swine fever, a highly contagious disease that has killed countless pigs. In trials, the gene-edited animals stayed healthy ...

Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them ...

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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas that both traps heat and destroys ozone, reducing Earth's protection from ...

Arc Institute, Gladstone Institutes, and University of California, San Francisco, scientists have developed an epigenetic ...

The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research ...

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Federal funding has long played a crucial role in supporting research at Duke, a point underscored in a 1989 letter to the ...