Optogenetics, the technique that lets scientists control brain cells with light, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine. View on euronews ...

Gene editing companies traded lower on Wednesday after Anthropic (ANTHRO) announced that its AI model Claude has “autonomously discovered” a new enzyme system similar to the gene-editing tool CRISPR.

Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective. By Carl Zimmer Over the past decade, the ...

Researchers say gene switches currently offer limited temporal and spatial precision and can also have adverse effects. Now, a recent study, “Electromagnetic field-inducible in vivo gene switch for ...

The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of living organisms contains regulatory elements that control when, where and to what extent specific genes are turned on or off. They can be co-opted to create "gene ...

Newswise — Bananas (Musa spp.) are among the world's most widely traded fruits and an important staple food in many regions. As climacteric fruits ripen, starch is rapidly converted into soluble ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists reveal that cells share ancient rules for turning genes on, while using varied systems to silence DNA threats. (CREDIT: ...

After a decade of research, the NIH 4D Nucleome program on July 23 delivered a wealth of new insights into how spatial changes in chromatin structure and DNA methylation regulate gene expression in ...

Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are activated. Scientists know these switches play a critical role in cancer and ...

Your reproductive history — when you first had sex, how many children you had, and how far apart you had them — is not just a biographical record. According to a large-scale genomic preprint released ...