We've made some great strides in understanding the human genome, but before we can tackle genetic engineering, we have some ...

Nearly a year after leaving his position as longtime director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., will now step into the commercial life sciences world as ...

The recent return of Muhammadu Sanusi II, PhD, the Emir of Kano, to academic lectures at Northwest University, Kano, where he ...

Machine learning models reveal that histone marks are predictive of gene expression across human cell types and highlight important nuances between natural control and the effects of CRISPR-Cas9-based ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from the Americas has yielded the oldest genetic evidence yet of a bacterium closely related to the ...

Non-coding DNA is essential for both humans and trypanosomes, despite the large evolutionary divergence between these two species.

Maze Therapeutics uses its Compass genetics platform to advance kidney and obesity drugs, with MZE829 Phase 2 data due in ...

Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded ...

He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for ...

Brazilian researchers have identified previously unknown forms of a protein linked to breast cancer. The discovery ...

A March 2025 music study reveals that someone's love of music might be more determined by their genetic makeup than they ...

Genetic treatments could be the key to unlocking some rare diseases. But bringing these medicines to patients involves clearing any number of hurdles.