MIT researchers have dramatically lowered the error rate of prime editing, a technique with promise for treating numerous genetic disorders. A genome editing method called prime editing could one day ...

MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we treat hundreds of genetic diseases.

MIT and Harvard scientists have designed an advanced type of immune cell called a CAR-NK cell that can destroy cancer while ...

Scientists are hoping to use genetic engineering to reduce the transmission of Lyme disease. The scientists' target is not ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do. By Carl Zimmer At the heart of all life is a code.

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...