Scientists are making historic progress in xenotransplantation, using genetically modified pig organs for human transplants. Recent trials show promis ...

In A Nutshell • A pig kidney with just one genetic modification functioned in a human for 61 days before being removed as ...

A clandestine startup privately funded by tech billionaires is looking into germline gene editing a human embryo.

Research institutions around the world house valuable genetic information that could help unlock countless medical mysteries.

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based ...

By adapting techniques originally used to study ancient DNA from archaeological specimens, researchers at the University of Chicago were able to recover genetic information from nearly century-old ...

At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed ...

Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in ...

A common type of human papillomavirus (HPV) could be more dangerous than we thought. The virus, known as beta-HPV, was ...