Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year ...

One of the most revolutionary tools in cutting-edge medicine is a molecular scalpel so precise that it can modify defective ...

On June 28, 2012, the most significant scientific breakthrough of the first quarter of the 21st century was announced to the ...

For centuries, extinction has meant the end—but what if it didn’t have to? Using advanced genetic engineering, a handful of ...

St. Jude researchers advance CASTs, enhancing precision and activity for next-generation genome-editing therapies.

This new patented toolbox, complementing - and for certain applications surpassing - CRISPR, is now available for researchers and industry in the field of genome engineering. The results are reported ...

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

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...

Bill Gates's comments on genetics as "code" have reignited debate over genetic engineering, intellectual property, and the ...

Lehigh University bioengineering researcher Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, an assistant professor in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science leads an interdisciplinary team applying ...