Researcher created SUPER, an add-on RNA platform that upgrades existing genetic switches by minimizing leakage and improving ...

Metagenomi announces successful integration of large genes in human cells using a novel, compact CAST system for potential therapeutic applications. Metagenomi, Inc., a precision genetic medicines ...

The UWA Tech & Policy Lab receives funding from nationally competitive research grants and philanthropic partners. The present research was supported by GA308883: Effective Ethical Frameworks for the ...

The UBC team, together with researchers from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité in Germany, has developed the first gene therapy capable of correcting faulty genes when applied directly to ...

Discover how a newly developed platform technology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can enhance RNAi ...

On a special episode (first released on June 20, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: With the advent of CRISPR as a gene editing technology, there are new opportunities to develop breakthrough treatments ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects for millions living with complex inherited diseases, such as cystic ...

Genetic technologies have the potential to help solve the ever-growing challenges of food insecurity and global health. But for this potential to be met, regulations that hinder scientific innovation ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have improved a gene-editing technology that is now capable of inserting or substituting entire genes in the genome in human cells efficiently ...

More than a decade ago Sonia Vallabh, a lawyer, and her husband, an engineer, decided to retrain as molecular biologists. They had an urgent motivation. Dr Vallabh’s mother had died suddenly of a ...

With a new generation of fast and affordable gene sequencers, researchers are better equipped than ever to tackle Earth’s most pressing ecological challenges Sometimes, when the wind blows in the ...

Some scientists who argue for deregulation deny outdoor gene editing is possible. But patents and the scientific literature tell a very different story. Report: Claire Robinson ...