Research led by the University of Cambridge Loke Center for Trophoblast Research has shown that a genome-editing technique can be used to alter a single gene in human embryonic cells, enabling the ...

A human embryo ‘base edited’ so that it can’t produce a key protein (right), fails to form the mass of cells that gives rise ...

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Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

Companies aim to edit germlines, which they say could prevent a range of diseases. But do people want the tech?

Scientists have, for the first time, used an extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing to study gene ...

Researchers led by developmental biologist Kathy Niakan at the University of Cambridge have used base editing in human embryos to learn more about human embryonic development. By deactivating a gene ...

Air quality is linked to a wide range of health issues including respiratory problems, cardiovascular complications, and cancer, and that list of concerns only continues to grow. According to ...

Australian scientists have achieved the first pregnancies using a trail-blazing 3D-printed IVF device smaller than the width ...

The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my abortion and I don’t want to forget theirs ...

The short lifespan of the turquoise killifish (N. furzeri) makes it an important model organism for aging research. However, its husbandry and breeding present research institutions with challenges: ...