Broad Clinical Labs sets new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for fastest DNA sequencing technique
On Oct. 15, 2025, Broad Clinical Labs, in collaboration with Roche Sequencing Solutions and Boston Children’s Hospital, announced…
CIRM approves $73 million in awards for discovery research
On Sept. 25, 2025, The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved awarding more than $73 million…
The tale of the creature with the most chromosomes
On Sept. 19, 2025, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Barcelona reported…
new resource, MacroMap, provides a rich dataset that researchers can use to explore genetic mechanisms behind complex diseases
On Aug. 27, 2025, scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute reveal insights into how our genes influence the…
Researchers test common Household disinfectants’ abilities to fight antibiotic resistance at the genetic level
On Aug. 11, 2025, University of Washington (UW) researchers announced the results of testing the efficacy of several…
Study reveals a novel immune-based therapy that may be effective in hard-to-treat lung cancers
On Jul. 24, 2025, a team of researchers from TGen, part of City of Hope, and Baylor Scott…
Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease
On Jul. 16, 2025, eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique…
geneticists are rewriting the narrative of Neanderthals and other ancient humans
On Jul. 12, 2025, an international team of geneticists and AI experts are adding whole new chapters to…
Biotechnology | Cloning | CRISPR | Environmental | Genomics
Colossal Targets Moa as Its Next Species Restoration Milestone
On Jul. 8, 2025, Colossal Biosciences announced the moa as its next de-extinction focus, continuing its mission to…
First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced
On Jul. 2, 2025, researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) announces they…
Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit gets court approval to buy 23andMe for $305 million
On Jul. 1, 2025, Anne Wojcicki’s bid to buy 23andMe, the genetic testing company she cofounded nearly 20…
Precision gene editing medicine makes history, and it’s just getting started
On Jun. 30, 2025, as in something out of science fiction, a team of researchers reached into the…
Researchers take first steps to creating synthetic human genomes
On Jun. 26, 2025, a team of UK-based scientists announced they are developing technology to create the first…
Tiny human hearts grown in pig embryos for the first time
On Jun. 13, 2025, researchers reported growing hearts containing human cells in pig embryos for the first time….
USC Dornsife study reveals how protein droplets help cells master difficult DNA repair
On Jun. 5, 2025, research from University of Southern California, Dornsife (USC Dornsife) scientists reveals how cells fix…
From Chaos to Clarity: New Tool Finds Connections in Complex Cell Data
On May 22, 2025, Gladstone scientists unveiled a powerful computation tool that integrates different forms of biological data…
New study aims to uncover the genetics of anorexia and other eating disorders
On May 19, 2025, researchers at the Broad Institute Ben Neale and Mark Daly are co-leading the study,…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
Jumping genes Alters the Genome
On May 19, 2025, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) announced they have have discovered how…
Genetic Factors May Influence Liver Fat Even in Healthy Weight People
On May 15, 2025, researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, announced…
Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel’s peas finally solved
On Apr. 23, 2025, a team of researchers led by the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich, UK,…
Biotechnology | CDC | Disease | Neurology
Autism prevalence among children aged 8 years increased from 2020 to 2022
On Apr. 17, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported results from a study by…
Two Deaths of rare brain disorder reported in Oregon
On Apr. 14, 2025, the Hood River County Health Department reported three cases of the rare brain disorder…
Six ape genomes sequenced telomere-to-telomere
On Apr. 9, 2025, an international, multi-institutional team of researchers announced that comprehensive reference genomes have now been…
Biotechnology | Cloning | CRISPR | Environmental | Genomics
Colossal Biosciences announces de-extinction of dire wolf
On Apr. 7, 2025, scientists at Colossal Biosciences announced the successful de-extinction of the dire wolf with the…
Researchers identify gene linked to development of a critical coronary artery
On Apr. 3, 2025, a Stanford-led study has found that the gene CXCL12 is connected to the posterior…
Biotechnology | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
Novel genomic screening tool enables precision reverse-engineering of genetic programming in cells
On Apr. 3, 2025, a collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center…
Landmark Study Highlights Cloning as a Proven Conservation Tool for Species on the Brink
On April 2, 2025, Wildlife conservation nonprofit Revive & Restore published a landmark study in the peer-reviewed journal…
Rice research team creates universal RNA barcoding system for tracking gene transfer in bacteria
On Mar. 18, 2025, an interdisciplinary group of researchers from Rice University announced they have created a new…
Beam Therapeutics Announces Positive Data in Trial Demonstrating First Ever Clinical Genetic Correction of a Disease-causing Mutation
On Mar. 10, 2025, Beam Therapeutics announced initial safety and efficacy data from its Phase 1/2 trial of…
Biotechnology | Cloning | CRISPR | Environmental | Genomics
Scientists from Colossal Biosciences genetically engineer mice with extinct woolly mammoth
On Mar. 4, 2025, Colossal Biosciences announced that its scientists have simultaneously edited seven genes in mice embryos…