What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Wistar scientists developed a single-dose DNA method that delivers long-acting weight loss and diabetes drug effects in ...

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...

When standard leukaemia treatments failed, 13-year-old Alyssa Tapley was told she had only weeks left – but then she was ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have shown that a single injection of a small, circular piece of genetic instruction can ...

At Baylor Genetics, we believe the biggest leap forward for rare disease diagnosis will happen when WGS becomes the standard ...

The FDA could approve the first blood test that can detect multiple cancers, around the end of the year, setting the stage ...

Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) today announced that studies featuring optical genome mapping (OGM) at the 2026 European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) ...

Technique that examines fragments of foetal DNA in mother’s bloodstream could limit need for invasive screening, according to researchers A new maternal blood test that can detect thousands of serious ...

Definition: A microarray is a small, flat substrate carrying an ordered grid of microscopic probe features, each containing a known biological molecule, that is used to measure many molecular targets ...