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Latest news

Illustration depicting DNA and people

News 07.09.2026

Broad-led consortium receives ARPA-H award to advance gene editing for rare pediatric epilepsy

A woman wearing a white lab coat works in a lab with several large genome sequencing machines.

News 07.08.2026

Low-cost genome sequencing approach is powering genetics research on mental illness and many other studies

Headshots of Graeme Clark, Erwin Hochmair, Ingeborg Hochmair, Michael Merzenich, and Blake Wilson

News 06.15.2026

2026 Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to pioneers of the modern cochlear implant

An abstract digital illustration on a dark blue and purple gradient background showing the components of prime editing. It depicts lipid nanoparticles on the left, a light blue "Cas9" protein complex coupled with a purple "RT" (reverse transcriptase) circle in the center, a red guide RNA strand, and a pair of scissors cutting one strand of a multicolored DNA double helix ladder on the right.

News 06.15.2026

Scientists improve nearly every aspect of prime editing, moving it closer to treating more genetic diseases