For their study, the researchers designed a CRISPR-Cas9 system to make the gene MCPH1 inactive in rhesus monkeys. Mutations in this gene cause the brain to develop abnormally, resulting in the ...

All the offspring monkeys displayed successful CRISPR modifications, but the next steps were to undertake comprehensive whole genome sequencing to better understand if the gene-editing process had ...

When researchers used CRISPR “epigenome editing” to dial down a cholesterol-associated gene in monkeys, the animals’ blood levels of heart-disease-causing LDL, or “bad” cholesterol ...

Researchers have now achieved precise gene modification in monkeys for the first time using an efficient and reliable approach known as the CRISPR/Cas9 system. The study opens promising new ...

The next phase of Dr. Zhang's research is to see how CRISPR works on one of our closer relatives. He sent us this video from his lab in China where he's studying monkeys with retinitis pigmentosa.

A scientist in Kunming, China, has proposed using CRISPR to insert human genes related to brain development and language into monkeys. And the same genetic-engineering techniques perfected on ...

If monkey clones can be created routinely, they can also be genetically altered, one gene at a time, with techniques such as CRISPR. “You can produce cloned monkeys with the same genetic ...

New research out of China has confirmed the birth of five gene-edited monkey clones. Two recently published papers describe how a CRISPR-gene-edited long-tailed macaque has been successfully ...

A CRISPR treatment seems to have been effective for a baby’s devastating disease, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied ...

Scientists were able to create a bespoke treatment for KJ Muldoon’s rare genetic disorder within six months. It could be a ...