Biotech

Tools used to reconstruct the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis could also be applied in real time to ward off would-be epidemics

Successfully applying AI to biomedicine requires innovators trained in contrasting cultures

The team plans to share the virus with groups around the world to spur development of diagnostics and vaccines

One year after the world learned of He Jiankui’s editing of twins, gaps in rules remain

Studying gene expression in human brain tissue grown in the lab could offer insight into disorders such as autism

Eight years of experiments demonstrate the bridging of large gaps in damaged nerves

Anti-CRISPR proteins could bolster biosecurity and improve medical treatments

Scientists used computer algorithms to develop a programmable organism made of frog DNA

As the first clinical trial results trickle in, researchers look ahead to more sophisticated medical applications for genome editing

The software detected cancers at higher rates than radiologists, with fewer false positives

DNA or RNA molecules, arranged into spherical shapes, can attack brain cancers and other illnesses that evade conventional drug design

By manipulating life's master molecule, scientists are treating the root cause of disease