Australian cancer researchers are the first to establish a next-generation gene-editing tool for modeling and interrogating human disease.

This new tool, known as minimal, versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT), combines the powers of gene editing, ...

After 50 years, scientists discover the MAL blood grouping system, solving a genetic mystery and improving transfusion safety ...

The genetic engineering of human beings has ... Those who take a strong moral stance against the manipulation of human genetics or the destruction of human embryos are generally not welcome ...

A research group led by Wei Li at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has created mice born from two male parents and capable of ...

Research in genetics and biotechnology has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, offering new hope for the treatment ...

Australian cancer researchers are the first to establish a next-generation gene-editing tool for modeling and interrogating ...

Now imagine that one can use genetic manipulation to create, at will, singly-labeled neurons in intact brain tissue or in vivo, and moreover, knock out endogenous genes in only these labeled neurons.

Mice and humans share most physiological and pathological ... application The continuously evolving field of mouse-genetic manipulation has already made a profound impact on medical research ...

B etween 2 million and 3 million years ago, humans lost the function of a gene called CMAH, one that remains active in other primates today. The mutation likely spread through our human ancestors ...

Old viral DNA, once thought to be gone forever, is reactivated in mammalian embryos, with each species showing unique ...