In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel ...

Cell-cell interactions help drive tolerogenic or inflammatory responses to the maelstrom of antigens passing through the gut.

Disinfectants induce oxidative damage in bacteria, but a single mutation triggers the expression of genes that help the ...

Genetic alterations may help mosquitoes adjust to climate change, shifting the distribution of mosquito-borne disease in a ...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIO.B), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, ...

By using genetic material from two male mice, researchers successfully created pups that survived to adulthood, offering ...

Researchers at Cellectis leveraged gene editing to create a CAR T cell that acts in an IF/THEN system. Traditional methods to develop CAR T cells that use the patient’s cells introduce challenges ...

Encasing CRISPR tools in oil droplets offers a fast-track approach to conducting extensive genetic screens in animals.

Both Cas9 and Cas12a cleave DNA, but they differ in how they cut the molecule.

Genetic medicines could treat certain diseases, however, the current delivery systems available—viral vectors and lipid nanoparticles (LNPs)—pose unique challenges for gene therapy applications. For ...

A single gene controls earwax and body odor, shaping one’s unique scent through microbes. In 2006, scientists identified the culprit: the ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 11 ( ABCC11) gene. 1 A ...

In the 20th century, animals such as mules and ligers that had parents of different species were considered biological flukes, but genetic sequencing is beginning to unravel the critical role of ...