Two papers published in The New England Journal of Medicine highlight the potential of gene editing for treatment of sickle ...

New technology enables the insertion of a large segment of DNA into a genome, potentially expanding gene therapy treatment ...

That is because scientists keen to achieve more precise control over an organism’s genetics are experimenting with a ...

As cell and gene therapy leaders gathered in Maryland to discuss accelerating clinical trials in children, one “cutting edge” ...

Gene editing has emerged as a powerful approach for targeting the genetic causes of disease, but getting the editing ...

A biotech company is looking to get approval next after their recent discovery.

David Liu and Richard Merkin of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with Columbia professor Sam Sternberg, have developed a new, targeted means of inserting entire genes into human DNA ...

This breakthrough treatment utilizes cutting-edge CRISPR technology to target hereditary blood disorders, specifically ...

Advanced biotechnology repurposes two bacterial immune systems to correct large stretches of DNA. Human cells that have been edited with the new retron-based gene editing technology. Orange dots mark ...

IS HOLDING A FUNDRAISER TO HELP TWO OF THEIR CHILDREN. BOTH CHILDREN HAVE A GENETIC DISORDER THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CAUSES A FLOOD OF SEIZURES. AND THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM MAY LIE IN A GENE ...

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 ...

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 ...