Penn Gene Therapy Program Director James Wilson will depart the University, and the functions and assets of Penn Medicine’s Gene Therapy Program will be transferred to two new for-profit companies: ...

In a recent study published in Cell, a research team led by Li Wei and Zhou Qi from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an innovative gene-writing technology ...

A 3D illustration of a transfer RNA molecule hovering over a messenger RNA. Transfer RNA acts as an adaptor to convert messenger RNA codons into amino acids during protein synthesis. Credit: ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...

The great hope for gene therapy is that one day it will be out of the clinic and into mainstream therapeutics. Bearing enormous potential to treat or cure disease, such technology can replace a ...

Entrepreneurs say it’s time to safety-test designer baby technology. A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create ...