A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

In late 2021, Amber Salzman interviewed for a job that she had no intention of taking. A relatively new start-up company, called Epicrispr Biotechnologies, was looking for a chief executive, and it ...

I’ve been in the flaky-skin club since I was on Accutane as a teen, so I’m always looking for products to keep my skin moisturized. My hunt often led me to post-shower products — like body lotions and ...

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists. By Carl Zimmer Scientists at Columbia University have ...