The agency proposes ceding its scrutiny of these studies to the FDA.

Data don’t support many direct-to-consumer products, from telomere assessments to bespoke diets based on genetic sequences.

A double gene-transfer therapy transformed the non-neuronal cells into rod photoreceptors in the retinas of animal models of congenital blindness.

DNA damage kick-starts what was once a defunct duplicated gene, which kills off injured cells.

The European Union says no thanks.

The medicine increases the activity of a deficient enzyme in certain patients with the condition.

One lab finds that a similar method produces large genetic deletions when performed in mouse embryos.

Contrary to earlier results, FOXP2 did not undergo a “selective sweep” as humans developed language, a study finds.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae showed only minor alterations in growth and gene expression when its 16 chromosomes were combined.