On June 28, 2012, the most significant scientific breakthrough of the first quarter of the 21st century was announced to the ...

One of the most revolutionary tools in cutting-edge medicine is a molecular scalpel so precise that it can modify defective DNA and fix genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia, and chronic disorders ...

Xenotransplantation is the fusion energy of medicine. As the well-worn joke goes, it is the future—and always will be.

How does the CRISPR Down Syndrome breakthrough work to remove the extra chromosome 21? We are closer than ever to a world where a genetic condition affecting one in every 700 babies could be addressed ...

Lozano is a rare disease mom, neuroscience Ph.D. candidate at UC Davis, and board member for the PURA Syndrome Foundation. In May, a historic moment in science and medicine was captured in a single ...

When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals interbred with human ancestors ...

The news for the chocolate industry is a welcome development, as businesses and scientists grapple with crop shortages.

Scientists at City University of Hong Kong have cracked the code to identify ‘passwords’ needed to unlock the full potential ...

Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of the Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News, spoke with David R. Liu, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of ...

When immune cells strike, precision is everything. New research reveals how natural killer and T cells orchestrate the ...

Emerging genetics research could help brands create mainstream wheat products that are safer for gluten-sensitive consumers – ...

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.