The pursuit to fulfill this mandate not only brings clarity to our meaning and purpose in this world, but it also creates the ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Scientists have unlocked a 51.7-million-year old genetic secret to a landmark theory proposed by English naturalist Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago.

Can gene editing truly support smallholder farmers and help Indonesia achieve food sovereignty, or will it simply revive the ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

This is a summary of: Liu. H. et al. Viral RNA blocks circularization to evade host codon usage control. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09809-y (2025).

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...

Some Y-chromosome DNA sequences from the “Holy Child” artwork and from a letter penned by one of Leonardo’s cousins appear to ...

Researchers say study findings may lead to a more promising future for cell therapy targeting stroke and other neurological disorders.

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.