A newly identified and rare genetic variant slows the growth of mutated blood stem cells and reduces the risk of leukemia.

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By editing thousands of genes in mouse stem cells, the scientists identified a list of over 300 that are crucial for neural differentiation.

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Cancer immunotherapy has been transformed by engineered T cells, but those bespoke treatments are slow, expensive, and out of ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

A new method for engineering natural killer cells could make cancer immunotherapy more efficient, scalable, and affordable, ...

Marie Palmer has helped bring closure to families by identifying unknown individuals through genetic genealogy—and now she’s ...

Tiny, sun-powered organisms found in freshwater pools could soon fuel Hawaiʻi's sustainable future. Researchers at the ...

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...

Rather than yeast or microalgae, the company is working with oleaginous bacteria—which it claims are more productive.