Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long ...

The controversial notion of designing future kids in the lab appears to have taken a step closer to reality. Researchers at ...

These horses might look like ordinary horses, but there is something highly unusual about their genomes. They are the first of their species to have their DNA edited using CRISPR–Cas9, a technique ...

Genomics and genome editing tools took center stage this year, from the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences honoring the development of base editing and prime editing to the controversy surrounding ...

Are there significant gains ahead for one (or both) of these innovative biotechs?

This week a diverse group of researchers, bioethicists, publishers and theologians, are gathering in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to extend and expand the rolling debate about the merits of human ...

Northwestern scientists have developed a new nanostructure that supercharges CRISPR’s ability to safely and efficiently enter cells, potentially unlocking its full power to treat genetic diseases. By ...

In the world of biopharmaceutical innovation, 2024 will be remembered as CRISPR’s breakout year. In the spring, five patients with sickle cell disease began treatment with Casgevy, the first ...