“We need to overhaul the whole idea of what high school can be, and right now we have an opportunity to do so.” The ...

CRISPR, which stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, is a natural defense system in bacteria that scientists have adapted into a powerful gene-editing tool. This ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefitted one child. Now reseachers plan to launch a clinical trial of the ...

In many cells of the human body, hair-like protrusions known as cilia act as antennae, allowing cells to receive signals from ...

As flu season approaches and public health officials roll out their annual push for vaccination, Allen Institute scientists ...

Mr Andrews contacted the medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH) that had carried out the operation. On January ...

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CRISPR’s gene-editing technology inspires Louis Gale to blur the lines between science and philosophy in his latest novel. “The idea of human evolution has intrigued scientists from the very beginning ...