A study published today in Science Advances describes new technology developed by the Rice University lab of bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski that could be a game changer for brain-based gene therapy.

A novel gene-expression blood test developed by researchers at Kanazawa University has detected 90 per cent of early-stage ...

Immunotherapy has transformed the way physicians treat patients. Immunotherapy works by directing the immune system toward ...

Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are ...

Imagine you're looking at millions upon millions of mysterious genetic mutations. With CRISPR gene-editing technology, a select few of these mutations might have therapeutic potential. However, ...

Deep brain stimulation researchers at UCLA and UT Southwestern published a Nature study mapping, for the first time in living ...

DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

Scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) have discovered a DNA-based “dimmer switch” that regulates the activity of a critical developmental gene, Cdx2. This work could pave the way ...

Genetics is the study of genes and how they influence characteristics and health. Through a variety of technological methods, environmental factors, and lifestyle choices, it is possible to alter some ...

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Marvin Collins ’22, a bioengineering student, was balancing their Stanford classes from home in Alabama while also helping bioengineering professor ...