Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...

Scientists have identified hundreds of genes that may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the roles these ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas ...

The Boston biotech founded by Harvard professor David Sinclair is testing whether cellular reprogramming can turn back the ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are ...

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

Researchers have discovered that a gene called CHRNA3 plays a key role in determining alcohol sensitivity, helping explain why some people tolerate alcohol better than others.

Cathy Tie, who launched her first biotech in SF's IndieBio, now leads Manhattan Genomics in controversial push to edit human ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.