Because of existing UN conventions and protocols, according to environmental law experts, a moratorium would have limited practical impact. For that reason, this debate feels like an era-defining ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function.

This topic explores the application of advanced biotechnological approaches—including genetic engineering tools such as CRISPR/Cas9, RNA interference ...

A USC Stem Cell-led research team has achieved a major step forward in the effort to build mouse and human synthetic kidneys.

Could CRISPR Fix this Severe Childhood Brain Disorder?A technology that activates healthy genes reduced seizures in a mouse model of a severe genetic ...

A USC Stem Cell-led research team has achieved a major step forward in the effort to build mouse and human synthetic kidneys. In a new paper published ...

AI-guided design of 16 functional bacteriophage genomes offers a path for phage-based therapies against antibiotic-resistant infections.

Also, there’s still no easy way to test AI designs of larger genomes. While some viruses can ‘boot up’ just from a DNA strand ...

Supermassive black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early universe challenge traditional formation theories. Primordial black ...