New research shows it’s possible to edit the DNA of human embryos with more precision. But scientists warn it’s still not ...

Scientists found key genetic changes in leopard geckos that naturally develop cancer, offering clues that may improve human ...

Abraham Lincoln, for one, may have had the syndrome—and are at very high risk of a kind of fatal rupture in the heart.

Researchers and medical experts have long tried to understand why some viruses remain harmless in animals while others jump ...

By studying long-lived families, scientists have uncovered a rare genetic clue that may help explain why some people stay ...

Studies of genetics conducted in yeast cells, human neurons, mice or other model systems often reveal networks of genes that could contribute to complex diseases, such as breast cancer, type 2 ...

New, previously unpublished clinical data have been presented at ISSCR 2026 demonstrating that transplanted human neural ...

Scientists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how genetic mutations cause a rare group of inherited neuromuscular disorders and identified promising new strategies to correct ...

Precision medicine, as defined by the NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute, is an “innovative approach that uses ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

Most animal viruses never become pandemics because they must overcome multiple barriers, including receptor mismatch, immune ...

The Ara Parseghian Medical Research Fund will provide financial backing for the multi-year research effort.