In a major step toward treating rare neurological diseases, scientists have used gene editing to correct mutations inside the ...

CRISPR gene-edited cell therapy improves quality of life in patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, research suggests.

A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, made a shocking announcement to the world in 2018: He had secretly engineered the birth of the first gene-edited babies. The birth of the twins was seen as reckless ...

The CRISPR tool is capable of repairing the genetic defect responsible for the immune disease chronic granulomatous disease. However, researchers at the University of Zurich have now shown that there ...

By leveraging the Protein Mutation Effect Predictor (ProMEP), AI-AncBE4max, a high-performance Cas9 variant with eight ...

Gene-editing techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9 have many uses in the area of food and agriculture. They can combat persistent drought and disease, and improve the colour and nutritional content of food ...

The commercial success of existing lipid-lowering medications highlights the enormous market potential for effective ...

Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (MSMDS) is a rare condition associated with stroke, aortic dissection ...

A new gene-editing cancer therapy that selectively cuts and kills only cancer cell DNA has been developed. The research team ...