Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest ...

Genome editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 have transformed biology, medicine, and agriculture, but concerns remain about ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

With Terrana Biosciences, Moderna founder Flagship can apply its RNA knowledge to agricultural use cases like pest and disease resistance.

The duration of expression of the gene Cdx2 is tightly regulated by a newly identified DNA sequence element called an “attenuator.” ...

Genetics research articles from across Nature Portfolio Genetics research is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the role of genes in traits such as the development of disease.

Genomics is the study of the full genetic complement of an organism (the genome). It employs recombinant DNA, DNA sequencing methods, and bioinformatics to sequence, assemble, and analyse the ...

Advances in the speed, scale, and affordability of nucleic acid synthesis over the last two decades have catalyzed a rapidly evolving landscape in ...

Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered the origin of a curious duplication that gives plants ...

The use of CRISPR/Cas9 systems in genome editing has been limited by the inability to efficiently deliver the key editing components to and across tissues and cell membranes, respectively. Spherical ...