It sounds like science fiction, but many scientists believe editing the human genome is key to our advancement across the solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A multidisciplinary committee of experts studied the scientific underpinnings of human gene-editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine -- including human germline ...

This was the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing. It was organized as a collaborative activity of the the U.K.’s Royal Society and Academy of Medical Sciences, the U.S. National Academy ...

New Haven, Conn. — The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological limitations have limited advancement of the field. While existing ...

Waking up this morning to news of the much-deserved Nobel Prize win for Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing" confirms the importance of ...

The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological limitations have limited advancement of the field. While existing editing ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

After 10 years, members of the 4D Nucleome consortium have successfully completed the first phase of a project that aims to ...