Advances in genome editing have transformed the development of animal models used to understand human diseases. While transgenic mouse models have broadly ...

New single-step genome editing techniques that enable the insertion, inversion or deletion of long DNA sequences at specified genome positions have been demonstrated in bacteria. The advance opens the ...

Yi Li, professor of horticultural plant breeding biotechnology in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources ...

Researchers have developed a synthetic regeneration system for genetically editing crops, avoiding the challenging step of ...

Scientists have developed a method to construct bacteriophages with entirely synthetic genetic material, allowing researchers ...

Researchers have opened a transformative chapter in agricultural biotechnology by unveiling virus-induced genome editing (VIGE) techniques for Solanaceous crops, a group that includes tomatoes, ...

Genome editing is a powerful biotechnology tool that allows scientists to make precise changes to an organism's DNA. It involves the use of specialized enzymes, known as engineered nucleases or ...

LA JOLLA, California — Geneticists have been able to modify the immune system to confer resistance to HIV infection. The technique involves harvesting a patient's T-cells, using genome-editing ...

Through a $650,000 USDA Grant Yi Li will study the unintended consequences of multiplex genome editing and how many ...