New technique offers precise manipulation of when and where genes are targeted.

System helps ensure databases used in medical research will not leak patients’ personal information.

PhD student Tim Wang uses CRISPR to take a big-picture approach to cancer research.

Deletion of the HDAC3 gene in the brains of mice causes cognitive and social impairments consistent with Rett Syndrome.

New approach to biological circuit design enables scientists to track cell histories.

Largest metagenomic view of the developing world uncovers “mobile genes” that reveal how culture shapes the human microbiome.

Biologists find a possible explanation for why the drug helps bipolar patients.

Researchers identify genes that mutate in endometrial cancer, create a family tree describing the evolutionary history of the disease.

Associate Professor Ernest Fraenkel uses biological network modeling to identify new targets for disease.

Report calls for more integration of physical, life sciences for needed advances in biomedical research.