Ten years ago, scientists put DNA barcodes in AAV vectors, creating an approach that simplified, expedited, and streamlined AAV screening. 

Genetic engineering pioneer Kevin Esvelt’s work highlights biotechnology’s immense potential for good—but also for catastrophe.

A genetic study tracked the evolution of two transmissible cancers currently ravaging populations of Tasmanian devils.

Scientists around the world investigate how bat immune systems cope with viral attacks and how this information could be used to keep humans safe.

With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.

Animals with human cells could provide donor organs or help us understand neuropsychiatric disorders.

From skin color to immunity, human biology is linked to our archaic ancestry.

Advances in the functional characterization of newly discovered microproteins hint at diverse roles in health and disease.

Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has its shortcomings.

Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.