Scientists at the University of Rochester pulled off a remarkable experiment: they transferred a longevity-related gene from the famously long-lived naked mole rat into mice, and the mice ended up ...
Kidney transplantation remains the most effective treatment for end-stage kidney disease, yet a severe shortage of donor ...
Yeast’s emergence as a model organism reshaped scientific discovery in cell biology, genetics, and more. Yeast is a ...
Pepper growers often face a practical challenge: the same lateral branches that support fruit production can also increase ...
Physician and molecular biologist Katherine High remembers sitting at a staff meeting of the gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics on November 15, 2018, waiting to hear from a guest speaker, when ...
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first gene therapy for inherited hearing loss, a one-time treatment that proved to be life-changing for a small number of children in a ...
An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...
The emergence of protein structure foundation models and genomic large language models have expanded the capacity to design DNA sequences with desired biological functions, such as encoding specific ...
The authors describe the scientific foundations of a study of gene therapy for hearing loss caused by damaging variants in the gene OTOF. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, ...
Precise genotype–phenotype mapping is essential in applied microbiology, from engineering genetically modified strains to developing tailored strategies for antimicrobial therapies. Comparative ...
The new pathway aligns with health leaders' stated goal of reducing red tape for cell and gene therapies, but contrasts with the surprising recent rejections of ...
On a cold day in February, an Augustinian friar described his experiments breeding garden-variety plants — and gave rise to the field of modern genetics. Gregor Mendel was an Austrian priest who had ...