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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Agriculture Minister Announces Two Genome-Edited Rice Varieties Developed in India, a World First
On May 4, 2025, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that two genome-edited…
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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…
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UF scientists developed groundbreaking method for detecting DNA of invasive snakes in Florida
On Nov. 21, 2024, scientists at the University of Florida (UF) announced they have developed a pioneering tool…
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Early skeleton map revealed how bones form in humans
On Nov 20, 2024, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and collaborators have used cutting-edge genomic techniques to…
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Texas A&M Researchers Uncovered Secrets Of Horse Genetics For Conservation, Breeding
On Nov. 20, 2024, a research collaboration between the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences…
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Scientists recreated mouse from gene older than animal life
On Nov. 15, 2024, researchers from Queen Mary University of London and the the University of Hong Kong…
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Biotechnology | CDC | FDA | Genomics | Medical Device | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress
White House Released Report on Growing U.S. Biomanufacturing Capacity for the American Bioeconomy
On Nov. 15, 2024, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report on Building…
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Researchers discovered unique genome folding in turtles
On Nov. 11, 2024, a team of researchers led by Iowa State University (ISU) have shown that as…
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A melody of bases: How scaling allows us to set new bars
On Nov 8, 2024, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute celebrated a milestone of sequencing 50 Petabases of…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | WHO
Landmark agreement adopted for nation’s sharing of genetic data
On Nov. 3, 2024, the world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded with several landmark decisions, including…
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Cloned Black-Footed Ferret Breeds Naturally and Births 2 Healthy Kits
On Nov. 1, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and conservation partners announced the first-ever birth…
