CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful gene editing system that has revolutionized our ability to treat disease and probe the human genome. CRISPR has been used to edit the genomes of animals, plants, and microbes ...

While the medical world is melting down from the absolute apocalypse that is RFK Jr., it's good to celebrate that (at least ...

The only gene-editing therapy currently on the market is a CRISPR–Cas9-based treatment for two blood disorders, sickle-cell ...

In a major development, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has been successfully used in spiders for the first time, resulting in the production of red fluorescent silk. Spider silk is an amazing ...

The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 ...

A favorable appeals court ruling repositioned a coalition of universities and Nobel laureates to win credit for inventing a ...

Scientists have developed SMART (silently mutate and repair template), a strategy that dramatically expands the editable ...

Scientists have bred spiders that weave red draglines, proving that the animals’ silk can be genetically re-engineered.

Scientists at the McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have reengineered a compact RNA-guided enzyme ...

CRISPR Therapeutics benefits from Casgevy’s approval and a deep pipeline, despite early rollout hurdles and cost challenges.

The gene editor -- called evoCAST -- goes a long way toward solving a problem that has confounded the development of gene therapies from the field's beginnings: How to add long stretches of DNA to ...

The Regents of the University of California v. The Broad Institute, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1594, -1653 (Fed. Cir. May 12, 2025) Must ...