Scientists used CRISPR technology to disable the cholesterol gene in a groundbreaking study, though widespread availability remains years away.
Researchers identified AlCas12a, a compact, versatile enzyme that improves CRISPR gene editing and enables faster molecular ...
PHILADELPHIA -- Inside a heated tent on the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia campus, 17-month-old KJ Muldoon wiggled ...
Opinion
The Why Files on MSNOpinion

What happens when AI starts editing human DNA

Gene editing sounds like progress until it becomes policy. This story follows a future where CRISPR and AI reshape humanity in the name of perfection. Diseases vanish, IQ rises, and society stabilizes ...
Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a hazardous waste collector in the brain that disposes of the toxic clumps of ...
Spanish researchers discover AlCas12a, a groundbreaking enzyme for next-generation gene editing.The protein, discovered in wastewater, is smaller, ...
The development of humans and other animals unfolds gradually over time, with cells taking on specific roles and functions ...
Nick Edwards, PhD, CEO of Potato, has a “burning desire” to speed up scientific discovery. In an interview with GEN, he explained how Potato’s AI “scientist,” named Tater, recently replicated a main ...
Researchers found a "garbage man" enzyme that tags toxic clumps of proteins in the brain for removal, and saw a correlation ...
Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging ...
For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depression may be attributable to a placebo effect.