Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

Using a modified CRISPR-based mechanism, the team led by Prof. Pallob Kundu has developed a stress-activated gene switch that empowers plants to survive extreme heat and microbial attacks.

A Ph.D. student in biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has built a software program ...

While CRISPR is an “electric car in a universe that was built for early model internal combustion engines,” to use Urnov’s words, the promise of gene editing technology remains at the forefront.

The world’s first patient to successfully receive a CRISPR gene-editing treatment was discharged from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on June 2, ABC News reported. KJ Muldoon, a 10-month ...

Researchers have found a promising new method for gene therapy. They successfully restarted inactive genes by bringing them closer to genetic switches on the DNA called enhancers. The intermediate ...

We have pampered our plants so much that they have lost their ability to fight against what’s trying to kill them,' said ...