A rare APOE2 gene variant offers protection against brain cell aging. This gene helps brain cells repair DNA damage and ...

For the first time, the tools to rewrite human biology are moving from speculative fiction into regulated clinics and consumer-facing startups. Gene editing, once confined to rare diseases and lab ...

For more than a century, scientists have sought to reconstruct human evolution using diverse lines of evidence, including ...

Every person's DNA tells a unique story. To unlock the full potential of genetic research, scientists need tools that reflect ...

A new genomic atlas gives researchers a cheat sheet for steering stem cells toward curing disease.

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

Published 25 June 2026 6:11pm BST The gene that creates the human body has been identified. In a breakthrough that could help ...

New research shows it’s possible to edit the DNA of human embryos with more precision. But scientists warn it’s still not safe.

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ancestry, according to a study published in Nature Communications. Researchers ...

What if you could precisely change the genome of a pre-implantation human embryo and then safely use that embryo to try to generate a healthier person? It’s a wild idea, but one that technology over ...