Study shows the viability of bacteria with human-made, recoded DNA.

Snails with a gene knocked out by CRISPR grow with their shells coiling in the opposite direction.

Gulf killifish have made a stunning comeback in Houston with the help of genetic mutations imported from interspecies mating with Atlantic killifish.

Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology, thanks to new technology that allows them to observe the process in living cells. It’s teaching them a lot.

As artificial life forms become more sophisticated, we propose a simple list of criteria to determine whether synthetic biological organisms and robots are living beings.

Machine learning algorithms predict the repairs made to DNA after Cas9 cuts.

Researchers treat mice with retinitis pigmentosa using a gene therapy that reduces cone loss.

Federal agents searched the offices of the personal microbiome testing company in San Francisco on April 26 following allegations of improperly billing health insurers.

Two studies, taken together, imply that sequencing can identify a genetic cause for ultrasound abnormalities in roughly 10 percent of cases.