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…
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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…
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Google DeepMind Announce AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome
On Jun. 25, 2025, Google Deepmind introduced AlphaGenome, a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that more comprehensively and…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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World’s first patient treated with personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
On May 15, 2025, a team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine announced that a…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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University of Alberta life sciences research gets a $100 Million lift
On Mar. 4, 2025, the Government of Alberta announced it had contributed $100 million in capital funding to…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Life Science History | Medicine | Nanotechnology | Oncology | Pharmaceutical | Plague | Polio | Radiology | Stem Cell | Vaccine | Women's Health
“Earth is a Rock, Let the DNA Mold me” rewritten hit Rock n’ Roll Song Celebrating ‘Science’ released
On Mar. 3, 2025, LifeScienceHistory.com announced the release of “Earth is a Rock, Let the DNA Mold Me”…
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New methods reveal cancer mechanism in ancient genes
On Mar. 3, 2025, researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center announced they have discovered an overlooked mechanism driving…
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Researchers identify DNA changes, biological pathways associated with inherited cancer risk
On Feb. 17, 2025, Stanford researchers have conducted the first large-scale screen of these inherited changes, called single…
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Mechanism for treating muscle degeneration discovered
On Feb. 12, 2025, researchers at the Max Planck Institute released a study that could pave the way…
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Alberta researchers genetically engineer yeast to produce healthy fatty acid
On Jan. 21, 2025, researchers from the University of Alberta announced they have come up with a way…
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Agriculture | Biotechnology | Infectious Disease | Influenza | USDA | Vaccine | Veterinary
An influenza mRNA vaccine protected ferrets from lethal infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus
On Dec. 18, 2024, a team of researchers reported results from preclinical testing of mRNA-based vaccines against Highly…
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genomic origin of early maize in eastern North America reaveled
On Dec. 4, 2024, an international team of scientists led by the Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute,…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | Neurology | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics
Study revealed how deadly brain tumor evades treatment; identifies potential new treatment strategy
On Nov. 21, 2024, a study from scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center helps explain why…
