MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

MIT researchers have dramatically lowered the error rate of prime editing, a technique with promise for treating numerous ...

A gibbous moon hangs over a lonely mountain trail in the Italian Alps, above the village of Malles Venosta, whose lights dot ...

You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up what researchers at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) claim is one of the new breakthroughs in basic and biomedical ...

Significant advancements in gene silencing and gene editing offer new hope for treating rare disorders. Techniques like RNA ...

With support from the National Institutes of Health, the COBRE Center for RNA Biology in Health and Disease will create a ...

DNA-synthesis firms routinely use -biosecurity-screening software to ensure that they don’t inadvertently create dangerous sequences. But a paper published in Science on 2 October describes a ...

Is your hair feeling dull, weak, or falling out a lot more than usual? Check your vitamin B12 levels. While you search for effective shampoos and other hair care products to save the day, it is also ...

Overview of the process of obtaining genomic diversity of influenza virus in a population replicated from a single particle. (a) MDCK cells were infected with influenza vi ...

Since 2019, MIT researchers have published a new concept called prime editing, which is more precise than regular CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. As a result, it has fewer off-target effects and less chance ...

Pests can be the make-or-break factor for a season’s harvest. Between 20% to 40% of global crop production is lost to pests annually, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...