The DNA-cutting enzyme used in the technique is not as precisely targeted as scientists had thought, and investors take notice.

Researchers use a combination of ultrasound waves, genetic engineering, and synthetic drugs to switch specific neurons on and off in mice.

In a longitudinal study, researchers find that elderly people with higher pressure were more likely to show signs of Alzheimer’s disease in brain tissue.

Researchers develop a machine-learning tool for toxicity analyses that is more consistent in predicting chemical hazards than assays on animals.

Brief electroporation appears to make T cells more receptive to new genetic material, which could speed the development of immunotherapies.

Despite the treatment being given for only six weeks, the positive effects lasted for a year.

The request is similar to one made of the National Academy of Sciences.

A study shows that by killing off seabirds on islands, rodents slash the flow of nutrients into the ocean.

A re-analysis of sequencing data from a 2016 study of these tiny metazoans reveals possible contamination, rather than an exchange of DNA among species.