LIVE Symposium Wednesday, June 11, 2025 1:00 - 4:00 PM ET (10:00 AM-1:00 PM PT) CRISPR-based technologies have taken the world by storm thanks to the technique’s ability to edit nucleic acids. Today, ...

Cas9 in germline editing presents opportunities for genetic disease correction, alongside risks of off-target effects and ...

Structure of a eukaryotic CRISPR-Cas homolog, Fanzor2, shows its promise for gene editing Date: October 1, 2024 Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Summary: Scientists have revealed how ...

The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool to spiders. Following the genetic modification, the spiders ...

Apr. 4, 2022 — With the help of the CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors, genetic information in a plant can be modified to make the latter more robust to pests, diseases, or extreme climatic conditions.

CRISPR-Cas9, the genome-editing approach that won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, was adapted from a naturally occurring genome editing system bacteria use as a defense mechanism. CRISPR-Cas ...

CRISPR-Cas systems help to protect bacteria from viruses. Several different types of CRISPR-Cas defense systems are found in bacteria, which differ in their composition and functions. Among them ...

In an extraordinary 6,000-word guest editorial in the October 2024 issue of The CRISPR Journal (a sister journal of GEN, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.), Fyodor Urnov, PhD, laid out the ...

CRISPR-Cas germline editing therapies (CGETs) development can be categorized into three phases, including preclinical research, clinical trials, and post-approval distribution.

The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool to spiders. Following the genetic modification, the spiders ...