4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (156+ words) A new CRISPR-based'approach has been designed to selectively'eliminate human cells with disease-causing genes in vitro. Researchers in the USA and Germany'have adapted a bacterial immune system to target and kill'cancerous'and'virus-infected'human cells'grown in the laboratory.'The approach relies on Cas12a2, a bacterial…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (332+ words) Dr J Craig Venter, a biologist and entrepreneur known for his role in the race to sequence the human genome, has died at age 79. According to Dr Roger Highfield, science director at the Science Museum Group and editor of Dr…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (275+ words) Brain organoids, and the tiny particles they secrete, may help to stage early Alzheimer's disease and evaluate drug response. The organoids were also used to assess responses to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) " a common class of medication used to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (107+ words) A lab-grown oesophagus has been successfully transplanted into pigs for the first time, restoring normal swallowing in the animals. The team plans to scale up and standardise production of lab-grown oesophageal grafts, conduct further safety and functional testing, and prepare…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (184+ words) In March 2026, PET (the Progress Educational Trust) boldly went where no charity had gone before, and ran a special exhibit at the Science Museum in London as part of the official 60th anniversary celebrations of Star Trek. As part of its…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (330+ words) A gene that normally ensures sperm quality in fruit flies can be hijacked by 'selfish chromosomes' to bias inheritance, showing how some genetic elements determine which sperm survive. 'This is the first time that the same gene has been shown…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (190+ words) Human brain cells grown in a laboratory have been used to play the video game Doom. The work was carried out by Australian biotechnology company Cortical Labs, which developed a system combining living neurons with computer hardware. Around 200, 000 human brain…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (121+ words) A new initiative known as the Trillion Gene Atlas aims to expand the amount of genetic data available for use in artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to develop new therapies, according to an article in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (585+ words) An artificial intelligence (AI) model trained on genomic data can predict disease-causing mutations and design synthetic viruses. The development of the Evo 2 model " which was trained on trillions of DNA bases from the genomes of more than 100, 000 species, including animals,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (119+ words) Identical twins share the same genetic sequence and much of their early environment, but differences in their epigenetics may reveal how genes and environment interact. Speaking about the aims of the study, Xiaopu'Zhang, Ph D student at KCL and first…...