According to Bloomberg News, Vinay Prasad, who oversees gene therapies at the FDA, said the plans will be published in early November. He foresees the approach sparking curiosity for the next wave of ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

"This technology could be important for in vivo delivery," meaning the delivery of gene editors directly into the body ...

Genes linked to childhood intelligence also predict parents living longer. Study of 400,000 people reveals biology connecting ...

Some of the most expensive drugs currently in use are gene therapies to treat specific diseases, and their high cost limits ...

Standard laboratory tests can fail to detect many disease-causing DNA changes. Now, a novel 3D chromosome mapping method can ...

New research in Sweden has produced a "blueprint" revealing how the human heart is built during prenatal development.

Study sets stage for development of synthetic biosensors with custom-built sensing and responses for basic and translational cell engineering applications.

As we enter entrepreneurship month this November, we’re celebrating the professors and alumni who are fueling job creation ...

We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of life, but by rewriting it.

Advances in cancer immunotherapy from immune checkpoint modulation to adoptive cell transfer of tumour-infiltrating ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a revolutionary gene-editing method using bacterial retrons ...