Treatments aim to bulk up failing hearts to restore their vigour – but can the field move on from past controversy?

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in living tissues by refining a recently developed CRISPR-based genetic technique in fruit ...

"Developing a new rapeseed variety used to take up to 10 years of field trials and breeding work. Now, with the 'Zhongxinyou ...

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School have developed a gene editing technology that allows for the precise and efficient insertion of very large DNA segments into the human genome. Christened ...

Countable Labs raises $26 million to develop advanced single-molecule PCR tools, expanding precision diagnostics for global ...

Researchers have developed a technique that can identify errors caused by mutations linked to a range of genetic disorders, ...

Researchers from A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a new method to study individual RNA molecules and reveal how their structures influence gene regulation, a ...

The current practice of freezing embryos—used to assist reproduction in humans or animals or to conserve endangered species—routinely causes ice to form within the cells, ripping through cell ...

Rwanda is using a new approach known as environmental DNA technology to detect species like the endangered mountain gorilla ...

In the mist-covered forests of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, one of Africa's best-known reserves, scientists are turning to a new technology ...

Mosquitoes, despite their tiny size, are among the deadliest creatures on Earth, causing around 760,000 deaths annually by ...

A new study combines RNA origami and glass nanopores to achieve a 18-nucleotide resolution for diagnosing repeat expansion disorders like ALS.