CRISPR powers everything from gene editing to rapid diagnostics, but how did one of its most versatile branches arise? A new Cell study, “Functional RNA splitting drove the evolutionary emergence of ...

At 3 months old, Victoria Gray wouldn’t stop crying. Blood tests brought devastating news: she had sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder that blocks blood flow and oxygen delivery to the body.

In the world of biopharmaceutical innovation, 2024 will be remembered as CRISPR’s breakout year. In the spring, five patients with sickle cell disease began treatment with Casgevy, the first ...

CRISPR Therapeutics is a biotech company that borrows its name from the groundbreaking gene editing technology CRISPR. As of last year, the company has earned FDA approval for a CRISPR-based treatment ...

In the wake of the germline editing controversy, when Chinese scientist He Jianku illegally edited the embryos of human twins ...

Last year, a ten-month-old baby in the US was the first person in the world to have their rare genetic disease effectively cured through the use of CRISPR gene editing technology. But the rollout of ...

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins are core components of fast-evolving therapeutic gene editing tools. Scientists have used CRISPR ...

CRISPR Therapeutics has begun realizing sales on Casgevy, its first therapy and a joint venture with Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The company has plenty of cash to fund research and development for the ...

Researchers have resurrected an ancient gene humans lost tens of millions of years ago — and it may offer a powerful new way to fight gout and related metabolic diseases. Credit: Shutterstock Gout is ...