One of the most revolutionary tools in cutting-edge medicine is a molecular scalpel so precise that it can modify defective DNA and fix genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia, and chronic disorders ...

Despite setbacks and funding cuts — and a quieting of the hype blaring its arrival — multiple CRISPR-based trials are ...

Scientists at City University of Hong Kong have cracked the code to identify ‘passwords’ needed to unlock the full potential ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...

Banas is associate director of research at the Gene Editing Institute at ChristianaCare, where Kmiec is founder and executive director. The medical promise of CRISPR gene editing can be seen most ...

They look like ordinary horses, with their honey brown coats and white patches. But these 10-month-old foals in Argentina are the world's first gene-edited horses, according to scientists. Experts say ...

When startup Pairwise launched Conscious Greens, a line of CRISPR-edited mustard greens, consumers got to experience ...

This makes the organs virus-free and less likely to trigger an immune response, improving their safety and durability.

Gene editing figures to be part of the future of medicine, but a popular system for it has some room for improvement, researchers say. That’s why a team from UC San Diego in La Jolla set out with Yale ...