A large biological molecule made up of a string of sub-units called amino acids. There are thousands of different proteins in the human body, each with a particular job. For example, haemoglobin carries oxygen around the blood.
Artificial intelligence has been used to design functional viruses from scratch for the first time...
A new personalised genetic therapy has shown early success in treating two children with a rare genetic epilepsy syndrome...
Chronic inflammation and premature ageing of the ovaries have been associated with the loss of a specific gene in mice...
Behind every scientific breakthrough is a story. Dr Oliver Bower, the lead author of a recent Nature study, describes how listening to people affected by genetic disease reshaped his research and his perspective on the future of genome editing...
A drug candidate previously tested for safety in humans has reduced several disease-associated features in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease...
An experimental autologous T cell therapy has shown encouraging early results in children with aggressive brain tumours...
A synthetic cell created entirely from non-living chemical components can grow, replicate its genetic material and divide, completing the typical life cycle of a cell in the laboratory...
Donor stem cells that underwent a precise type of genome editing could pave the way for safer, chemotherapy-free transplants, new results in mice show...
An anti-ageing gene therapy not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration is set to be offered by an American company at overseas clinics outside of US jurisdiction...
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