In the new study, the team hunted down imprinted genes in embryos made from same-sex parents, drawing an intricate ... Li’s team hunted down three essential DNA regions involved in imprinting and used ...

The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science ...

It’s a new way to create “bi-paternal” mice that can survive to adulthood—but human applications are still a long way off.

Bring up germline editing, and most scientists cringe. The idea behind the notorious CRISPR-baby scandal, editing reproductive cells or embryos tinkers with DNA far beyond just the patient—any changes ...

Then Crispr came along—the elegant enzymatic apparatus that allows delivery of DNA scissors to a specific target in the genome. In December 2023, the FDA approved the first Crispr-based therapy ...