MOST STORIES about gene-edited children begin with He Jiankui, a rogue Chinese scientist who, in 2018, announced that he had created the world’s first such babies in secret. His reckless and illegal ...

Until now, researchers assumed that schizophrenia, anxiety disorders or depression arise from an interplay of many different factors, including genetic ones. According to the World Health Organization ...

With a snip of a gene, doctors may one day permanently lower dangerously high cholesterol, possibly removing the need for medication, according to a new pilot study published Saturday in the New ...

Discover how scientists are harnessing the power of CRISPR to precisely edit DNA, revolutionizing medicine and ethics as they rewrite the very code of life. Pixabay, PublicDomainPictures CRISPR ...

Entrepreneurs say it’s time to safety-test designer baby technology. A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create ...

Independent third-party validation has judged that Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) has achieved Technology Readiness Level 6, following the completion of its large-scale uranium enrichment demonstration ...

Astromech represents the strategic convergence of synthetic biology expertise with artificial intelligence development capabilities through the partnership of Ben Lamm and George Church. The venture ...

Oct 6 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca (AZN.L), opens new tab has signed a $555 million deal with a San Francisco-based biotech business Algen Biotechnologies, The Financial Times reported on Monday. The ...

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Life sciences company Element Biosciences sued Illumina (ILMN.O), opens new tab on Monday in separate cases in federal courts in California and ...

For honeybees, the San Francisco Bay Area traditionally serves up a year-long feast. "There's usually something blooming," said Alameda beekeeper Andre Kruglilkov, who owns Twin Bee Apiaries and sells ...

Previously, research on controlling gene networks has been carried out based on a single stimulus-response of cells. More recently, studies have been proposed to precisely analyze complex gene ...