Skip to main content
Conceptual illustration highlighting gene editing technology. Cartoon antibodies, viral and lipid vectors, and a syringe are arranged over a background of pink, green, and blue shapes.
| 9 min read
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation awarded researchers involved in developing gene therapies for blindness and sickle cell disease.

hemoglobin

fuorescence microscopy of kidney tissue

Artificial Blood Breathes New Life Into Dead Pigs’ Cells

Photo of Makio Murayama

Handmade Hemoglobin, 1912-2012

A bright, illuminated, yellow cluster of spheres, representing a mutated base pair, stands out from a double helix of deep red base pairs joined by blue hydrogen bonds

Study: Sickle Cell Mutation Driven by Pressure, Not Random Chance

Stuart Orkin

In Our Blood: A Profile of Stuart Orkin

Image of the Day: Hungry Hookworms

More Success Fixing Sickle Cell Gene with CRISPR

Many Evolutionary Paths Lead to Same Bird Trait

CRISPR Corrects Sickle Cell-Causing Gene in Human Cells

Antimalarial Drug Mechanism Explained

Trending

A team of cartoon scientists studying a giant pancreas.

Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

Image of a Diploptera punctata cockroach.

Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

A drawing of men and women holding boxes, resigning en mass from their jobs as editors.

Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

Multimedia

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

EpiCypher Logo
Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Alamar Biosciences logo
The Scientist Digest cover September 2026
September 2026

Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

View this Issue
Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

EpiCypher Logo
Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Alamar Biosciences logo
Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Miltenyi
Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Bio-Rad

Products

Closeup image of a multi channel pipette dispensing pink liquid into a 96-well plate.

The ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot for affordable workflow automation

Integra Logo
Single cells in suspension

Rapidly isolate primary cells and make uniform single-cell suspensions with Corning® Cell Strainers

Corning logo
Abstract image representing cell membranes linked together.

CellBrite® Steady Membrane Stain: Cell surface staining built for real-time imaging

Biotium
sino biological logo

Monod Bio Licenses AI-designed Protein Technologies to SignalChem Biotech for Custom Discovery Assays