Medical researchers use knockout cells to study how genes function and how genes can be used for medical treatments. For example, a knockout cell line for liver cancer might turn off a gene linked ...

Beijing Zhongke Journal Publising Co. Ltd. This study is led by Professor Kabin Xie (Institute of Huazhong Agricultural University College of Plant Science and Technology, Wuhan, China).

More than 70 genes have been linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental condition in which differences in the brain lead to a host of altered behaviors, including issues with language, ...

Resulting animals had permanent heritable mutations, according to paper in Science. A group of scientists report the creation of the first genetically modified rats using Sangamo Biosciences zinc ...

CRISPR/Cas9 remains the most powerful tool to generate mutations in plant genomes. Studying the various combinations of mutations has significantly increased the scale of experimental setups, ...