UCSF researchers have discovered a way to identify deadly lung infections with improved accuracy by pairing AI with a unique ...

After President Donald Trump used the word “retarded” recently, social media posts including the term tripled, fueling a trend that has disability advocates on edge. A new report finds that a ...

This important study describes a deep learning framework that analyzes single-cell RNA data to identify a tumor-agnostic gene signature associated with brain metastases. The identified signature ...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is a common autoimmune thyroid disorder influenced by genetic, environmental, and immunological factors. Current treatment primarily relies on thyroid hormone replacement ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. A CRISPR-based gene editing therapy dramatically reduced levels of low-density lipoprotein, often called “bad cholesterol,” ...

Biogen has discontinued all gene therapy programs using adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids, instead shifting resources to modalities that have the highest likelihood of achieving better treatment ...

How can altering DNA help defeat one of the world’s deadliest diseases? This video explores how scientists are using CRISPR and other genetic editing tools to fight cancer - by targeting mutations, ...

If you’d like an LLM to act more like a partner than a tool, Databot is an experimental alternative to querychat that also works in both R and Python. Databot is designed to analyze data you’ve ...

Gene editing has made huge leaps in recent years, such as treating the congenital blood disorders sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia, which can require lifelong blood transfusions. But scientists ...