People are still debating whether the mRNA from COVID-19 vaccines remains in the body longer than it should. Some say it ...
The new prime editors are about as efficient as their predecessors but make up to 60-fold fewer ‘indel’ mistakes.
Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich resources for discovering proteins and tools for biotechnology, but many ...
Natural systems such as CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs) offer a targetable, one-step way to edit genomes. However, ...
Researchers work in a mobile Fire-Eye laboratory in Beijing in June 2020. The labs can identify coronavirus infections, as well as decipher and analyze human DNA. (Fu ...
Background Molecular genetic diagnoses are critical to prevention and treatment of inherited polyposis and colorectal cancer.
According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in regulating our genes. Using an innovative method to trace the ...