TV shows often lie, especially when it comes to complex topics, like those surrounding forensic science. Anyone who has watched a crime scene show will likely have the impression that crime scene ...

UMD researchers have discovered key mechanisms in gene regulation that could improve the design of RNA-based medicines.

Bioengineering Professor Kiana Aran is one of three inaugural winners of the Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature. She ...

After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

Australian cancer researchers are the first to establish a next-generation gene-editing tool for modeling and interrogating human disease. A novel pre-clinical model expressing an enhanced version of ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously thought.

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more ...

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

AAVs are usually non-integrating, which means that DNA they carry doesn’t usually insert itself into the cell’s genome. This was used to correct the mutation in the ABCA4 gene that causes the ...

If you'd like to learn more about your health, heritage and family history, an at-home DNA test can help you do just that. Justin Jaffe is the Managing Editor for CNET Money. He has more than 20 ...