From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

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

Reconstruction of the ancestral gene repertoire of eukaryotic cells reveals traces of a series of close, long-term ...

The market for smart glasses is becoming increasingly crowded, but the benefit for consumers is that makers are also ...

A preprint describing genetically edited human embryos is raising concerns among scientists that the U.S. is becoming more accepting of using gene editing to enhance embryos. “The cat’s out of the bag ...

We have identified the gene that, when activated, initiates the developmental programme that results in cells forming a human ...

Plants must accurately time flowering by integrating seasonal temperature cues to ensure reproductive success. This Review describes how two mechanisms — rapid transcriptional responses and long-term ...

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 ...