Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

Live Science spoke with a bioethicist and sociologist about emerging genomic technologies, including those that enable ...

In pet genetics, cancer research, and beyond, Charlie Lieu, MBA ’05, SM ’05, has spent her career harnessing massive data ...

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match to a DNA database would have been a dead end.

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in developing an artificial DNA base pair that is based on a different chemical force than natural genetic material. While the common natural DNA ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...

Researchers have found that a new base-editing gene therapy can help treat a rare neurodevelopmental disorder called Snijders Blok–Campeau syndrome caused by mutations in the CHD3 gene. A specialized ...

The FDA has said it will reduce the regulatory requirements on the manufacturing of cell and gene therapies (CGTs) in order to make it easier for developers to bring them to market. Specifically, the ...

Gene-editing specialist Seamless Therapeutics has attracted its first major pharma partner, Eli Lilly, with a $1.12 billion alliance that will seek out therapies for hearing loss.

Gene therapies have the potential to cure some diseases, but they are extraordinarily expensive. Location can also be a big ...