After the controversy of a Chinese scientist who was involved in editing the genomes of twin girls, the country puts forth tighter guidelines.

Genes inserted into the yeast genome produce the compounds CBD and THC in the microbes.

Signaling imbalance, driven by too much excitatory activity, may be a consequence of whatever brain changes lead to autism rather than a cause of the condition.

This could account for some reproducibility problems in cell line research, according to the authors of a comprehensive analysis of HeLa variants.

A missing microRNA leads to degenerating neurons and blindness in a fruit fly.

Documents about the experiment challenge a Chinese government investigation’s finding that He Jiankui mostly acted alone.

All life on Earth uses a genetic code based on four nucleotides. Now, scientists have created one with eight.

High salt concentrations are present in the affected skin of people with atopic dermatitis and promote the differentiation of the T helper cells involved in the development of allergic diseases.

The large-scale experiments aim to test how the technology would fare in the wild, if deployed to knock down populations of the pests.

Certain adaptations identified in the fish’s DNA linked to wound healing, cancer protection, and a long life.