Fractyl Health is developing a shot that would program the body to make more of the GLP-1 hormone naturally, a risky bet that it can provide a longer-lasting benefit than blockbuster weight-loss drugs ...

Chinese scientist He Jiankui wants to end Alzheimer’s and thinks Silicon Valley is conducting a “Nazi eugenic experiment.” ...

A "gene silencer" (technically known as small interfering RNA, or siRNA), locally delivered by nanoparticles embedded in an ...

Alzheimer’s may be driven far more by genetics than previously thought, with one gene playing an outsized role. Researchers ...

Thanks to genetic science, gene editing, and techniques like cloning, it’s now possible to move DNA through time, studying ...

Sometimes, in genetics, two wrongs do make a right. A research team has recently shown that two harmful genetic variants, ...

No gene acts alone: interacting variants and protein partnerships can worsen, mask or even rescue disease risk, demanding ...

GEN’s first virtual event of 2026—we present a group of outstanding researchers and thought-leaders to discuss the latest advances and challenges in delivering genetic therapies.

New one-dose treatment edits a gene in the liver, disabling the ANGPTL3 protein and significantly lowers cholesterol.

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As we age, we don't recover from injury or illness like we did when we were young. But new research from UCSF has found gene ...

We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research ...