Humans have been shaping life for thousands of years through farming, breeding, and selective cultivation. But with modern tools like CRISPR, we can now directly edit DNA itself—rewriting the very ...

China research team at Wuhan University of Science and Technology uses CRISPR to remove HIV DNA from human cells, marking a potential breakthrough in treatment.

Scientists in China report removing HIV from human DNA using gene-editing technology. Experts say the findings are promising but still far from a confirmed cure.

This mini-review synthesises evidence showing that adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing plays an important regulatory role in cardiovascular development, cellular homeostasis, and disease biology. It ...

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved ...

Conversation should never be relegated to a footnote in the broader category of communication, and it has become my mission.

The human genome is made up of about three billion pairs of DNA units called nucleotides. Olena_T via Getty Images Scientists at Google DeepMind—the company’s artificial intelligence research arm—say ...

The recent discovery of rock art in a cave in Indonesia might signify more than just our ancestors’ artistic ability. The art, believed to be the oldest rock paintings ever discovered, dates back more ...

A Viewpoint published in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Mayana Zatz and colleagues at the Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center, University of São Paulo, examines why Brazil represents one of the most ...