We're living in a moment where science fiction is becoming medical reality. Imagine a world where doctors can simply rewrite the genetic code that condemns someone to a lifetime of suffering.No more ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — Updated results released Friday highlighted the lasting benefits of a CRISPR-based medicine for blood disorders developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, as the ...

CRISPR is one of the most revolutionary technologies of the modern era, and now it's being used to bring back long-lost genes ...

This year, gene-editing technology was customized to fix mutations in a single patient’s genes for the first time.

CRISPR, the gene-editing technology which won its creators the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is most well-known for its ...

(RTTNews) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Thursday reported compelling long-term data for its CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy, PrCASGEVY, at the EHA Congress. In sickle cell disease trials, 95.6 ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism by which an oncogene commonly activated in cancer patients affects the growth rate of cells. In the future, the findings can help in developing new treatments ...

Dr. Musunuru and Dr. Ahrens-Nicklas holding KJ post infusion Senior Correspondent Gene therapy has always held enormous promise to correct genetic diseases, but turning that potential into treatments ...

Researchers have made an important step forward toward a long-desired goal: using the gene-editing technology CRISPR to treat cancer. In a study published in Nature, scientists recruited 16 people who ...

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 ...

Gene-edited goldenberries clear USDA review, moving closer to farms. Compact plants solve farming challenges for this ...

Jimi Olaghere used to end up in the emergency room so often that the hospital reserved a bed for him. Sickle cell disease dominated his life. A genetic defect he was born with meant that instead of ...