Sitting in my doctor's examination room, I was surprised when she told me, "Genetics don't really matter for chronic disease.

A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report.

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are ...

Scientists have confirmed that there is something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines. In a new study, Stanford ...

Scientists have identified mutated immune cell clones that could point to improved treatment for refractory celiac disease.

Researchers already had a rough idea of where in the cat genome to look: the X chromosome. That’s because the vast majority of orange cats are male; male cats carry only one X chromosome (the other ...

Any male cat with the mutation dubbed “sex-linked orange” will be entirely orange due to a random deletion of a section of ...

Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney have discovered why some people with coeliac disease continue to suffer ...

A Delaware County infant with a rare metabolic disease, CPS1 deficiency, was treated at CHOP with a custom CRISPR therapy.

Elysia Aves explores why drug outcomes vary so widely between patients and what this means for the future of pharmacology ...

Ask scientists what gene editing tool is most needed to advance gene therapy, and they'd probably describe a system that's now close to realization in the labs of Samuel Sternberg at Columbia ...

The “meow-tation” that gives ginger cats their distinct fur has been discovered. A small deletion in a gene on the ...