Scientists at a NY university say they can bring back the near extinct American chestnut tree, wiped out a century ago, ...

Genetic clues may help explain why sloths live at such a low gear. In a new study, researchers linked the animals' extremely ...

A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

More than 120 new Florida laws kick in on Wednesday, July 1. Some are minor changes, but some you need to know now.

Kent Kiehl convinced the US legal system he can find violence in prisoners’ brains. His theories have been since used by defense lawyers – with grave consequences for prisoners ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to ...

New York researchers took healthy human embryos and successfully modified their genetic code by focusing on a single letter. The tool used, called base editing, acts like an ultra-precise typo ...

Amy Scott, host of the podcast "How We Survive," reports on a company that's working on de-extinction innovation to try and ...

Before becoming a YouTube sensation with millions of followers, Mark Rober spent nearly a decade working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. During his time there, he contributed to several projects, ...

Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how genes control one another inside the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Using a powerful new AI-based system called SIGNET, the team ...