CRISPR is one of this generation’s most profound innovations, with the potential to fundamentally alter the realm of modern day diagnostics and medical treatment. Scientists can use the tool to make ...

A biotech startup leads a new effort to edit human embryos therapeutically, hoping technical advances will persuade ...

From a small tablet you can pack with your camera to bigger models with room for multiple apps, these picks give ...

Entrepreneurs say it’s time to safety-test designer baby technology. A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create ...

Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more powerful.

A recent study led to the development of a powerful epigenetic editing technology. The system unlocks the ability to precisely program chromatin modifications at any specific position in the genome, ...

The challenge from "rewriting DNA" to "understanding life""Is genome editing omnipotent?"With the advent of CRISPR-Cas9, genome editing has significantly transformed life sciences. Genetic ...

Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (MSMDS) is a rare condition associated with stroke, aortic dissection (tearing) and death in childhood. Currently ...

Scientists and physicians can better assess precision genome editing technology using a new method made public today by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Significant amounts of time and resources ...

One of the SciTech trends I’m currently paying attention to is how scientists are developing CRISPR genome editing technology. When fully developed, it will dramatically affect food product ...

For the first time, a new gene editing technology called base editing was used to modify immune cells and successfully treat a teen with treatment-resistant leukemia. A month afterward, 13-year-old ...

A commonly used scientific method to analyze a tiny amount of DNA in early human embryos fails to accurately reflect gene edits, according to new research led by scientists at Oregon Health & Science ...