CRISPR gene-editing is one of the most significant advancements in technology that has been developed in a very long time.

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool to help scientists better plan gene-editing ...

The CRISPR gene-editing tool can be used to silence an important hepatitis B virus gene, a proof-of-concept in vitro study suggests. "It's the first time we've seen CRISPR editing done in a hepatitis ...

CRISPR has taken the bioengineering world by storm since its first introduction. From treating sickle cell diseases to creating disease-resistant crops, the technology continues to boast success on ...

CRISPR gene-editing shows promise for treating inherited blood disorders such as sickle-cell anemia and thalassemia. But in a process not fully understood, stem cells respond to CRISPR editing by ...

Natural systems such as CRISPR-associated transposons (CASTs) offer a targetable, one-step way to edit genomes. However, ...

That’s why a team from UC San Diego in La Jolla set out with Yale University researchers to develop a new system for gene editing that they believe may be safer and more efficient than the common ...

CRISPR technology has revolutionized biology, largely because of its simplicity compared to previous gene editing techniques. However, it still takes weeks to learn, design, perform, and analyze ...

In a study published in Nature Communications titled “Construction of multi-targeted CRISPR libraries in tomato to overcome functional redundancy at genome-scale level,” researchers from Tel Aviv ...

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 ...

Cutting-edge gene editing technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns in ...