In a phase 1 study of 10 adults with advanced retinitis pigmentosa, researchers found that optogenetic gene therapy combined ...

Researchers in Beijing have fine mapped a novel recessive male-sterility gene, Brmy1, in Chinese cabbage and identified the ...

Found in 70 percent of cancers, the gene is seen as a grand orchestrator, but has been surprisingly difficult to stop. By Carolyn Y. Johnson One of the most elusive and tantalizing targets in cancer ...

Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have discovered a virus that is a tiny bit human, ...

Deanne Taylor is pushing researchers to prioritize children’s health, starting at a cellular level. In 2017, Deanne Taylor attended a presentation at the University of Pennsylvania, just a short walk ...

Pioneering gene-editing treatments are already in clinical use, saving lives and easing the pain of devastating genetic diseases. However, the growing number of patients receiving these treatments ...

I got into a Facebook discussion with a reader who took me to task for using the categories “conservative” and “liberal” to talk about theology. We shouldn’t be using these polarized political terms ...

An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...

Amnesty International cautioned in a report on Wednesday that there has been a “chilling effect” on the right to freedom of expression in Austria due to the authorities’ harsh response to activism by ...

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Britain has set out a new advisory definition of what it calls anti-Muslim hostility, a long-anticipated step in its plan to clarify how ‌authorities should identify and ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act like molecular anchors. The work confirms these tags actively silence genes, ...

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media ...