The development of a pioneering gene therapy to treat a devastating, rare immune disorder led by UCL scientists is set to move into its next phase following promising early pre-clinical studies.

Every person on Earth with blue eyes can trace that trait back to a single genetic change in one individual who lived ...

Orange cats are among the most recognizable felines in the world. From beloved internet celebrities to mischievous household ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would later reshape biology and our understanding of life itself. A ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The advent of next-generation sequencing technologies has accelerated genome analysis across diverse eukaryotic lineages. In particular, long-read sequencing facilitates the assembly of ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have decoded the nuclear genome of Amorphochlora amoebiformis, a unicellular marine alga belonging to the chlorarachniophyte group. The work is published in the ...

Silencing remains a significant challenge for exogenous gene expression, limiting both the penetrance and expressivity of transgenes. In particular, silencing of Cas9 expression is a major technical ...

BOSTON and SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, a specific genotype of E. coli that may cause colorectal cancer has been detected in commonly eaten leafy vegetables such as ...

The firms intend to enhance the integration of software and hardware technologies in the automotive electronics industry. Credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock. China ...

While working on a COVID-19-related project during the lockdown, Kärt Tomberg, PhD, found herself thinking about introns. She was part of a team working on the spike protein used in vaccines. Her task ...

Voice recognition is getting integrated in nearly all facets of modern living, but there remains a big gap: Speakers of minority languages and those with thick accents or speech disorders like ...