Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic ...

A team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific ...

A biotech company made history with the birth of three genetically engineered wolves: What we know about these prehistoric ...

It’s a resurrection story made for the headlines, but beneath the dramatic narrative lies a more nuanced story ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout ...

Colossal’s dire wolf project is not a resurrection – it is an imitation. But that doesn’t mean it lacks value. It offers a ...

Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA to breed the animals. Dire wolves ...

Scientists working for Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences claim to have brought the dire wolf, which went ...

Dire wolves, made famous by HBO's Game of Thrones, have been extinct for around 12,500 years. But thanks to genetic engineers ...