Researchers in Lithuania present the molecular structure of a new, more-versatile CRISPR system for gene editing.

For years, researchers have been trying to figure out how to treat inherited blood disorders like sickle cell disease without ...

Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers have identified several specific steps needed for CRISPR to become active and perform its gene editing function. These preclinical findings could ...

CRISPR is a genome-editing technology that is ripe for new discoveries and innovative applications, including a gene therapy recently approved by the FDA to treat sickle cell disease. It also holds ...

A Chinese company, calling itself ‘the organ factory of the future,’ has humanized a pig through genetic engineering to ...

A new generation of CRISPR technology developed at UNSW Sydney offers a safer path to treating genetic diseases like sickle ...

Meanwhile, in Europe, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, who won the Nobel Prize for their work on CRISPR technology, asked the EPO to revoke two of their patents. Charpentier and Doudna made ...

Researchers in the US have limited CRISPR experiments on the human genome, but for the first time, a US team has successfully edited a human embryo with CRISPR.