The rapid spread of animal diseases and pathogen evolution have long posed significant threats to the healthy development of ...

When it comes to “bad” cholesterol, most cardiologists say lower is better. But what’s the best way to get that number down?

Infection with the pathogenic yeast fungus Candida auris (C. auris) can wreak havoc on the health of hospital patients and ...

Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material—deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)—of an organism.

Scientists used CRISPR technology to disable the cholesterol gene in a groundbreaking study, though widespread availability ...

Scribe expects to initiate a first-in-human hypercholesterolemia study in mid-2026 with STX-1150, its lead cardiometabolic assetSTX-1150 is designed to deliver durable therapeutic LDL-C lowering with ...

Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...

Our genomes are filled with errors that were once impossible to correct. But in CRISPR, we finally found an extraordinarily ...

He Jiankui’s name became synonymous with scientific transgression when his secret experiment produced the world’s first ...

Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), of an organism.

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...