Secrets of how we see color revealed at the molecular level

A global team has cracked a decades-old mystery, revealing the atomic structures of the molecules in our eyes that allow us ...
C&EN

What happens when you edit an essential gene in human embryos?

Researchers led by developmental biologist Kathy Niakan at the University of Cambridge have used base editing in human embryos to learn more about human embryonic development. By deactivating a gene ...
Quanta Magazine

Why the Human Genome’s Tangled Physicality May Confound AI

Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm, as many biologists have imagined, but something else entirely.
GEN

Lilly, Ascidian Launch Up-to-$1.9B RNA Exon Editor Collaboration Targeting Inherited Kidney Diseases

Robert Bell, PhD, chief scientific officer of Ascidian Therapeutics, and a colleague at work in the company’s Boston laboratory. Ascidian is partnering with Eli Lilly to develop RNA exon editors ...
BioSpace

Lilly targets kidney disease with Ascidian’s RNA exon editors for up to $1.9B

For an investment of up to $1.9 billion, Eli Lilly will be able to use Ascidian Therapeutics’ platform that removes mutated exons from mRNA molecules, avoiding the expression of disease-causing ...