CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.

Scientists have taught bacteria to make octopus camouflage pigment, ushering in a new era of bio-inspired materials.

This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical ...

As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

Access to ERS Genomics’ foundational CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio expands our genetic engineering toolkit and strengthens our ability to speed up and optimize strain development across Dyadic’s ...

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix structure, has died at 97. The Nobel Prize winner made the groundbreaking ...

Genetic engineers can design and assemble sophisticated gene circuits to program cells with new functions, but important signaling molecules can become diluted as these cells grow and divide, causing ...

Discovering the link between congenital heart disease and kidney problems could improve outcomes for patients with the ...

Approach that uses cell’s own strategy of liquid-liquid phase separation protects synthetic modifications from being washed away by the tide of cell growth.

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the ...

Genetic engineers can design and assemble sophisticated gene circuits to program cells with new functions, but important ...

A new study exploring the structure of a tardigrade’s DNA damage-supressor protein could unlock a pathway to new levels of ...