A microorganism has been discovered that breaks biology’s golden rule. This genetic twist could change everything.

A new wave of gene therapy treatments offer a new lease on life for people with inherited diseases such as haemophilia. But ...

A therapy that would once have been considered a feat of science fiction has reversed aggressive and incurable blood cancers ...

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

The Court of Appeal today overturned the conviction of a former roti canai maker for the murder of a female auxiliary police ...

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new ...

DNA sequencing technology makes it possible to explore the genome to learn how humans adapted to live in a wide range of ...

A groundbreaking new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL (University College London) and Great Ormond Street ...

The DNA from hundreds of Palestine Action activists is being used by cold case detectives to potentially solve crimes ...

An Australian biotech firm says it has successfully used precision fermentation to reproduce the most vital proteins in human ...

In a special edition of GEN Live to wrap up 2025, we are thrilled to welcome special guest Matthew Cobb, PhD, author of a wonderful new biography of Francis Crick, PhD, entitled CRICK: A Mind in ...

A new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL (University College London) and Great Ormond ...