Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within species ...

The authors received funding for this work from the now defunded Biological Heritage National Science Challenge. University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and University of Otago provide funding as ...

The Gene Technology Bill was discussed at length at the second annual Plant Breeders' Forum in Ōtautahi Christchurch on Thursday, hosted by the New Zealand Plant Breeders and Research Association ...

Caribou Biosciences focuses on allogeneic CAR-T therapies for hematological cancers and autoimmune diseases, leveraging its unique chRDNA genome-editing technology. In my view, CRBU's chRDNA platform ...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies. His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, ...