Preclinical data show the vectorized miRNA candidate achieved durable knockdown of SCN9A (Na V 1.7), a genetically validated pain target historically difficult to modulate In non-human primates, ...

Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC, and Vice, among other publications. Storing digital data in RNA? It sounds like science fiction, but it’s not. Researchers ...

In the latest effort to contend with exploding quantities of digital data, researchers encoded an entire book into the genetic molecules of DNA, the basic building block of life, and then accurately ...

AAV9-based Angelman Syndrome candidate, ETX201, demonstrates safety and target engagement in non-human primates (NHPs), with unsilencing of UBE3A across disease-relevant brain regions Multiple ...

Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington say they’ve reached a milestone in the effort to use DNA to help store the world’s rapidly growing stash of digital data. A joint team from ...

When the Voyager spacecrafts launched in 1977, ready to study the outer limits of our solar system, they brought with them two golden phonograph records that each contained an assemblage of sounds and ...

Diamonds may decorate some of the most coveted pieces of bling, but these precious stones could have more practical (though admittedly less sparkly) uses one day: The jewels could be used as a way to ...

Data rules the world, but who rules the data? The companies that collect it? The servers that store it? The cables and satellites that transmit it? Or the laws that keep it flowing into the right ...