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 ...

Scientists have long believed that disease-causing genetic variants inevitably lead to disease. But a sea change of research is turning that assumption on its head. "Disease genes” have long been ...

You are what you eat, but what happens to those calories after you eat may depend more on your genes than you think. To find the gene, scientists sequenced the coding DNA of more than a million people ...

Christopher Nolan's epic, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and more A-listers, hits theaters on Friday and The Hollywood Reporter has compiled early reviews. By Lexi Carson Associate ...

An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...

A newly identified gene mutation may help explain why schizophrenia patients struggle to update their understanding of reality. The mutation disrupts a brain circuit involved in flexible ...

Gene Shalit, the longtime Today Show film critic known for his unmistakable mustache and colorful bow ties, turns 100 on March 25. Shalit became a familiar presence on morning television beginning in ...

The authors describe the scientific foundations of a study of gene therapy for hearing loss caused by damaging variants in the gene OTOF. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, ...

Benitec Biopharma is basically a single-asset genetic medicine story. Their lead asset is BB-301 for OPMD dysphagia. Their mechanism of action works through an AAV "silence-and-replace" approach ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act like molecular anchors. The work confirms these tags actively silence genes, ...

Alzheimer’s disease’s suspected causes are diverse, and its cures are, today, nonexistent. What’s all but certain is that many who today have the mental chops to wade through a detailed article about ...

Every movement we make, whether walking, speaking or even breathing, depends on the health of our muscles and nerves. For people living with one of the more than 300 rare conditions known as ...