Researchers launch Neuropixels Opto, integrating electrophysiology and optogenetics on a single hair-thin probe.

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Transposons, DNA sequences that can self-replicate and move (jump) throughout the genome, are widespread and can affect cell ...

A new AI blood test may forecast major cardiovascular disease risks years before clinical onset by reading real-time ...

Jason is a general assignment reporter, with particular focus on genetic medicine and rare disease. Confidential tips can be sent on Signal at JasonMast.77. Capsida Biotherapeutics said Tuesday that ...

J. Craig Venter, the scientist who raced to decode the human genome, has died at age 79. Venter rose to fame in the field for publishing the first bacterial genome ever decoded, along with a list of ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Regeneron’s Otarmeni, the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent. By Gina Kolata The Food and Drug ...

An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and longest to ...

Around 4,000 years ago, one of the world's oldest civilizations emerged: The Indus Valley Civilization, flourishing in what is now Pakistan, western India, eastern Iran and parts of Afghanistan. In ...

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning organism also requires precise instructions about when, where, and how ...