Dylan Rees delves into how new research involving sterilised male mosquitos could benefit humans in preventing the spread of diseases.

Male insects carrying venom proteins transferred these to disease-spreading females, reducing their lifespan and providing a ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by Plasmodium parasites. Patients with malaria experience flu-like symptoms and, in severe cases, the disease can progress to neurological ...

From genetically modified mosquitoes to clinical therapies, learn how scientists apply gene editing techniques to answer a ...

Genetic engineering, the science of altering DNA to improve or change the characteristics of living things, is making huge ...

I’ve selected some of the best camera and photo editing apps to help you enhance your shots from your iPhone. And even if you’re already a long-time iPhone user, it’s worth giving these apps ...

WuXi AppTec will sell its Ad­vanced Ther­a­pies unit to the US pri­vate eq­ui­ty firm Al­taris for an undis­closed amount, a long-an­tic­i­pat­ed move af­ter months of … ...

For the uninitiated, CRISPR technology is a gene-editing tool that allows scientists to alter DNA sequences. It works like molecular scissors, cutting DNA at specific locations and enabling ...

Gem­ma­Bio, a com­pa­ny found­ed by gene ther­a­py pi­o­neer Jim Wil­son, has raised $34 mil­lion in seed fund­ing to try and re­sus­ci­tate the floun­der­ing gene ther­a­py field.

Sickle cell disease arises from errors in a gene that makes hemoglobin, the substance that carries oxygen throughout the body and gives red blood cells their color. The edit used for Casgevy turns ...