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

Researchers created a CRISPR-based platform to study human muscle formation, identifying hundreds of genes essential for muscle fiber development.

Using CRISPR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem team finds PEDS1 enzyme linked to reduced brain size; study maps 331 genes ...

For a decade after its discovery, CRISPR gene editing was stuck on the cusp of transforming medicine. Then, in 2023, scientists started using it on sickle-cell disease, and Victoria Gray, a patient ...

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CHICAGO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A single infusion of CRISPR Therapeutics' (CRSP.BN), opens new tab experimental gene therapy was safe and reduced levels of harmful LDL cholesterol and triglycerides by half ...

A major CRISPR breakthrough came last May. Researchers at Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia developed a personalized base-editing treatment in just 6 months. The treatment was ...

The codebreaking works like this. The GenomePAM method maps CRISPR's passwords directly in human cells. Instead of relying on artificial systems that are often limited (e.g., testing 1 to 3 sequences ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanford researchers have developed CRISPR-GPT, an AI-powered copilot that guides gene-editing experiments. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Science and medicine are incredibly amazing. Thanks to modern science and medicine, we now have lifespans far beyond our Dark Age predecessors, living until ripe old age and enjoying the fruits of our ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is turned on, the production of proteins or other substances is promoted; when ...

When brain development gets off to a bad start, the consequences are lifelong. One example is a condition called SCN2A haploinsufficiency, in which children are born with just one functioning copy of ...