He Jiankui’s name became synonymous with scientific transgression when his secret experiment produced the world’s first gene-edited babies. After serving a prison sentence in China, he is back in the ...

Want a disease-free life or a baby with blue eyes? CRISPR might be mankind's gene editing Get Out of Jail Free card, and it's on its way.

Researchers have discovered a rare new type of diabetes that affects babies early in life. The condition is caused by changes ...

A research team led by Associate Professor Hirofumi Nishizono and graduate student Masaki Kato from the Research Support ...

He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for ...

Aurora Therapeutics has emerged from stealth with $16 million in funding from Menlo Ventures to expand the potential of gene ...

Friday, Aurora Therapeutics debuted with $16 million in seed capital from Menlo Ventures. Its goal: To develop the industry’s ...

Baby KJ was the first to receive a bespoke gene-editing treatment. Personalized drugs for others could be approved within the ...

Gene-editing technologies show great promise for medical treatments and research, with the potential to cure thousands of ...

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA ...

Menlo Ventures has made a $16 million bet that the “ baby KJ ” custom CRISPR therapy success story is repeatable. The funding ...

The gene therapy success with Baby KJ, along with a new FDA program, have companies more interested in treating rare disease.