Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...

Our genomes are filled with errors that were once impossible to correct. But in CRISPR, we finally found an extraordinarily ...

Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material—deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)—of an organism.

The need to change regulations around gene-editing treatments was endorsed in November by the head of the US Food and Drug ...

A patient death in a CRISPR trial halts gene editing studies, raising critical safety questions. What this means for the ...

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA ...

CRISPR–Cas9-based therapies are widely investigated for their clinical applications. However, there are limitations ...

Scientists have discovered a new CRISPR mechanism with precise activity, expanding the potential applications of the existing ...

Researchers have unveiled a way to flip genes back on without slicing into the genome, a shift that could make CRISPR far ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act like molecular anchors. The work confirms these tags actively silence genes, ...

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