The alteration of an organism's or a cell's genetic material using biotechnology techniques. Traditionally, the term has referred only to alterations involving the introduction of transgenic (foreign) DNA.
An experimental autologous T cell therapy has shown encouraging early results in children with aggressive brain tumours...
Mice have been created with woolly mammoth-inspired traits using genome editing in de-extinction efforts.
Engineered cells have been developed that can direct stem cells to form specific tissues and organoids, which may aid in the understanding and treatment of complex diseases...
The identification of a common gene variant found in 70 percent of white women suggests breast cancer metastasis may be a hereditary disorder...
This piece by Vanessa Burns, exploring the impact that CRISPR-based genome editing will have over the next 25 years, won the second prize in the inaugural Marcus Pembrey BioNews Writing Competition...
A form of immunotherapy derived from induced pluripotent stem-cells has been shown to be effective in treating brain cancer in mice...
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