Like recombinant DNA before it, gene editing has the potential to transform medicine, agriculture and more. CRISPR is now used by thousands of biologists in labs across the globe. A revolution in food ...
Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new ...
Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that ...
In the mid- 80s, as the newly appointed chair of Barry Jones’s Commission for the Future (an organisation that brought ...
Scientists have identified NOVA1, a unique human language gene that may have played a key role in the evolution of spoken ...
A new study has revealed that a single genetic mutation, found in all modern humans but absent in Neanderthals and Denisovans ...
A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...
A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The gene is called NOVA1, and in our own species, it is remarkably unique. While ...
Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...
Scientists used nanoparticles to introduce genetic material into plants, enabling faster and temporary crop modifications.
AAP FactCheck – The infrared light emitted from smartphones cannot control human brain cells via a biological technique ...
Mexico’s government has repealed restrictions on genetically modified corn for human use, as well for livestock and ...