This penguin’s features are very special and rare. @bbcearth explains, "This Gentoo penguin's stark white [color] is the ...

Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

Deafness, the most common sensorineural hearing loss at all stages of life, occurs either independently or as part of ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

Nearly 1 in 7 adults in the United States lives with chronic kidney disease, a condition that often advances quietly until ...

An international research team reveals new molecular mechanisms associated with pathogenic mutations in the protein ...

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic eye disorder affecting around one in 5,000 people worldwide. It typically begins with ...

Here at MIT Technology Review we’ve been writing about the gene-editing technology CRISPR since 2013, calling it the biggest ...

Co-founded by Jennifer Doudna and Fyodor Urnov, the company intends to simultaneously develop many gene editing treatments for rare conditions by using the agency’s “plausible mechanism” pathway.

This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...

Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on knowing what goes wrong inside cells. A new study suggests that two genetic ...

Crops increasingly need to thrive in a broader range of conditions, including drought, salinity, and heat. Traditional plant ...