When you picture a quant hedge fund manager, you probably imagine a secretive, wildly idiosyncratic James Bond–villain type.

Having two copies of the MTHFR gene mutation may raise your risk for certain health conditions, though more research is needed. You may have the mutation and not find out unless you undergo ...

Jace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye condition An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers - born with one of the most severe forms of childhood blindness - gain ...

Building a gene editor took months. With CRISPR even high-schoolers can get hold of editing systems in the time it takes to order RNA sequences online and have them shipped by FedEx. In a short ...

Pfizer’s decision to halt further marketing of Beqvez is further sign of the sparse patient interest in gene therapies for the bleeding condition. Rapid scientific advances have put the gene therapy ...

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us communicate in a novel way. Speech allowed us to ...

A new study suggests that the NOVA1 gene may have been a key player in the evolution of human language. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have long struggled to understand how human language evolved.

The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) yesterday assured that coconut supply will be adequate during Ramadan in the peninsula, following intervention measures taken to address the issue.

Ulster sank to new lows on Saturday, losing back-to-back games against Italian opposition after crumbling in the second half when their discipline simply imploded. Both Nick Timoney and Stewart ...

Researchers developed a new gene-editing strategy that dramatically boosts the effectiveness of gene therapies in the liver, a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for about 700 genetic ...