The event featured awards and a hands-on activity of attempting to use materials such as balloons, popcicle sticks, duck tape ...

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient’s cells. However, most genetic disorders are caused by dozens or even thousands of ...

A large international study has mapped the genetic landscape of feline cancers for the first time, revealing striking similarities between tumor-driving mutations in cats, humans, and dogs.

Stephen Hawking's black hole fame wasn't his only focus — he also laid out multiple existential threats. Here are five doomsday risks he talked about.

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient's cells.

FOR decades, African scientists have contributed essential data to global scientific research. Increasingly, however, they are no longer just contributors. Across the continent, researchers are ...

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed LIBRIS, an automated microfluidic platform that dramatically ...

A new method for safely inserting large chunks of DNA into genomes has now measured up in mice, potentially paving the way ...

A researcher's keen eye and spirit of curiosity led to the discovery of a new method for cell engineering - a finding that opens doors to more ...

Lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, are best known as the delivery system used in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines given to billions of people worldwide. Scientists are now exploring their potential far beyond ...

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs and Yale University have created a system for engineering the first fully synthetic bacteriophages that could help with future clinical development of phage ...