KOMO Biosciences, a developer of non-viral targeted insertion technologies, today announced that it has granted Syngenta, a world leader in agricultural innovation, a Research Evaluation License to ...

What if extinction wasn’t the end? Scientists are exploring new technologies that could potentially bring extinct animals back to life. By studying ancient DNA and using advanced genetic engineering t ...

Stephen Hawking's black hole fame wasn't his only focus — he also laid out multiple existential threats. Here are five doomsday risks he talked about.

Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be reverse-engineered to reveal the underlying genetic data, prompting privacy concerns ...

Scientists have developed a promising new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease by turning ordinary brain cells into powerful plaque-clearing machines. Instead of requiring frequent antibody ...

Newspaper clippings from the Charlotte Observer on Sept. 25, 1932, reads, “The lad had been killed when steel beams in the (box)car crushed him as he lay sleeping.” ...

An international team of researchers has modified a probiotic yeast to make it safer for use by immunocompromised people, older adults and infants. Testing in an animal model found that the modified ...

In intensified bioprocessing, the engineered CHO host supports higher titers and long culture duration in continuous perfusion.

Excessive fertilizer use can be expensive and bad for the environment, but plants require nutrients to grow. To combat this problem, scientists have been attempting to use genetic engineering to help ...

KIT researchers succeeded for the first time in reducing the number of chromosomes in a plant using the CRISPR/Cas method – surprisingly without affecting its growth The CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors ...