The idea of self-amplifying gene editing is to get cells to pass on packages of CRISPR machinery to their neighbours, ...

Black History Month is poignant for one family after a man got a historic, innovative treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Austin Louis, 20, says the CRISPR treatment he received at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for sickle cell disease changed everything, allowing him to live without pain for the first time.

Producing high levels of valuable medicinal compounds in plants has long been limited by the difficulty of precisely ...

Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: whether gene editing might offer a one-time fix for high ...

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after ...

Oceanic ecosystems are increasingly threatened by global warming, which causes coral bleaching, species migration and, ...

Researchers developed a CRISPR-based system that spreads through bacterial populations to disable antibiotic resistance genes ...

Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Dr. Kiran Musunru crafted a bespoke treatment that has successfully corrected the genetic ...

A novel CRISPR-based technology can spread within bacterial populations to eliminate antibiotic resistance.

Vertex executives warned that Casgevy, its curative treatment for sickle cell disease, would be slow to reach patients. But ...

Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD; Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD, and Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD—offer their views on the commercial potential and challenges of genome editing following a rollercoaster 2025 ...