Although not common, the short sleep gene allows the lucky few to enjoy 5 hours of sleep or less a night and still wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day. As if that wasn't enough of a boon, ...

From designing proteins not found in nature to extending healthy lifespan, Retro Biosciences is applying AI models to advance cellular reprogramming for aging research. The company operates across ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity ...

Genetics make up who we are, what we look like, but they also can affect us in ways like cancer being passed down.

A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the ...

Cathy Tie, who launched her first biotech in SF's IndieBio, now leads Manhattan Genomics in controversial push to edit human ...

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is a pioneer in designing therapeutics based on RNA interference, or RNAi, a mechanism that occurs naturally in cells and silences overexpressed genes, which often cause ...

A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to 200 million childhood infections every year could be possible, experts ...

A groundbreaking new tool created by an international team of scientists could help doctors spot people at higher risk for ...

The annual ICCS showcase aims to celebrate Indian culture and fundraise to help children in Colorado Springs get access ...

She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...

Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...