Scientists have developed a new vaccination strategy for malaria — boosting immunity through bites from mosquitoes carrying a genetically engineered version of the parasite that causes malaria. In a ...

A study in the US trialling genetically modified gut bacteria in humans has had a potential escapee, after the microbe mutated. The team of researchers at Stanford University undertook early clinical ...

Life-changing research is underway at Kansas State University that could change the way people with celiac disease enjoy ...

The first clinical trial testing whether pig kidneys can be safely transplanted into living people has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As part of the trial, which will ...

Rosie is a freelance writer living in London. She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife, ...

Medical researchers are a step closer to fulfilling the promise of preventing disease — not just for living individuals, but for generations to come. Scientists have successfully edited a gene that ...

People with type 1 diabetes must constantly rely on insulin injections or pumps, usually for the rest of their life after diagnosis. The autoimmune disease destroys the cells that produce the hormone, ...

A New Hampshire man who became one of the first people in the world to receive a genetically modified pig kidney is home recovering in Concord after a human kidney transplant.