Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are ...

The startup is the first gene editing company to price an IPO in more than two years, though it banked far less than most ...

In utero gene therapy uses prenatal genetic screening to identify fetuses with lethal mutations and delivers corrective genes ...

SCN2A-related developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) is a rare, severe form of childhood epilepsy and one of the most ...

The Broad Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Maine’s Jackson Laboratory announced a collaboration to develop rare ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Washington shed new light on Alzheimer's disease that ...

Researchers have made the first single cell map of the gene regulatory networks that drive heart failure, revealing crucial information to help develop better heart failure treatments.

Within every muscle of every living species with a backbone, a protein called myosin tugs on a partner protein to generate a ...

People with age-related macular degeneration maintain vision and cut their need for supplemental injections by 90% 5 years after receiving gene therapy.

The conversation took place during a high-profile gathering of leaders marking a major military commemoration in the Chinese ...

Gene Park is a Style culture critic for The Washington Post, covering digital arts and entertainment. He joined The Post in ...