Scientists at the McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have reengineered a compact RNA-guided enzyme ...

David Liu and Richard Merkin of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with Columbia professor Sam Sternberg, have ...

One of the most commonly used gene-delivery methods relies on engineered viruses to insert stretches of genetic material into ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor ...

A small segment of human DNA boosts brain size and complexity, revealing both the origins of intelligence and its ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...