When Martin Kampmann, PhD, set out to explore the workings of the human brain, he was captivated by its greatest mystery: how a network of cells could produce something as intangible as thoughts, ...

Benson Hill’s world-class scientists discover new mechanism for CRISPR technology that detects RNA ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A groundbreaking research study by a team that included scientists from ...

CRISPR excites ambition. Just consider a few CRISPR applications: gene drives (showing promise as a way to prevent malaria); ex vivo and in vivo gene therapies (entering clinical trials); and ...

Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific genes play in many diseases. But to date this ...

In the late 2010s eight macaque monkeys were born at a laboratory in Shanghai. At first they seemed much like the other infants in the colony, but differences soon became obvious. They were much more ...

A red quarter of a circle with the words 'The Quarter Mark' beside it. A year-long series looking back on the most significant moments of the past 25 years, how they changed our world, and how they ...

Gene editing insects could help reduce reliance on pesticides—and help protect billion-dollar industries. Central California grape-grower Steve McIntyre was familiar with Pierce’s Disease. But that ...