The walls of Tom Rubython’s office are adorned with gilded-framed images of his cocker spaniel “girls”. In one, a doleful face is staring up at the lens with big brown eyes. “Daisy Dog, 2003-2016,” ...

Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would ...

The Amazon molly reproduces without sex. A genomic copy-and-paste trick called gene conversion may explain how it avoids evolutionary meltdown.

We’ve all lifted a rock or flowerpot and found a long, slimy worm underneath. But have you ever done so and found a long, slimy worm with a head shaped like a shovel or a hammer? If you have, you ...

A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.

Cas9, Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENs), and Zinc-Finger nucleases (ZFNs) have demonstrated great utility, primarily for genetic knock-out applications, none have been adopted ...

No matter how hard you try, it’s impossible to keep up with everything that’s happening in the world. Staying up to date on ...

Pet cloning promises a second chance with a beloved animal, but science suggests what you’ll actually get is more like an identical twin than a resurrection.

We are sitting at a large table in the brand-new, nearly finished headquarters commissioned by Koen Vanmechelen on the site ...

Our genetic code is shaped by our surroundings, diet, where we live, our activities, and many other factors. When these influences do not alter our ...

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient's cells.

Drug delivery researchers have vastly improved the potential of genetic therapies by overcoming the challenge of consistently getting genes and gene-editing tools where they need to be within cells.