CRISPR gene-editing technology is touted by some scientists as the not-so-distant cure for cancer or any viral infection, but will that happen in our lifetime?

Genome editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 have transformed biology, medicine, and agriculture, but concerns remain about ...

Nobel Laureate Biochemist: Early in my work on CRISPR, I had a dream one night about a colleague of mine asking me to explain CRISPR to a friend of his. And the friend turned out to be Hitler.

December has been a big month for CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP-0.27%).On Dec. 8, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for CRISPR's gene-editing therapy, Casgevy, as a treatment for ...

If the first CRISPR decade was marked by a mad dash to evolve, engineer, and mine the bacterial universe for more and better genome-editing enzymes, so far the second seems to be all about three ...

It’s also a complicated process. Patients have stem cells taken from their bodies, edited in laboratory settings, and then put back in. Doudna is optimistic for a future where Crispr-based ...

CRISPR gene-editing technology has the potential to help eradicate avian flu—and other big threats to the food chain. CRISPR chickens hint at what's next for the gene-edited food chain.

Using a CRISPR-guided technique called "base editing," scientists edited the genes of liver cells in 10 people's bodies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

While CRISPR/Cas9 is an enormous step forward for plant breeding, it remains nonetheless an expensive and laborious solution, making it unfeasible for application in most plants.

The world's first patient to be treated with personalized gene editing therapy is finally headed home after over 300 days in the hospital. Nine-month-old KJ Muldoon recently underwent CRISPR-based ...