Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...

Natural systems such as CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs) offer a targetable, one-step way to edit genomes. However, ...

For patients with inflammatory bowel disease, antibiotics can be a double-edged sword. The broad-spectrum drugs often ...

Farmers could save billions of dollars using the University of California-Davis’ new wheat plants, which stimulate the ...

That’s why a team from UC San Diego in La Jolla set out with Yale University researchers to develop a new system for gene ...

Johns Hopkins scientists are developing new antidotes for combating bacterial diseases such as those from ticks and ...

The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...

As CRISPR continues to drive breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture, and synthetic biology, understanding its origins does more than tell an ancient story. It provides a blueprint for engineering the ...

The story begins at Kvemo Bolnisi, a smelting workshop perched on a hillside in the Caucasus. Soviet archaeologists first dug ...

Scientists hope genetically modified mice will curb the spread of Lyme disease. They headed to Nantucket — home to a large ...