When the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, the mRNA vaccines came to the rescue of many people - but in the background there was ...

UConn Health and Connecticut Children's have made history by dosing the first patient in a clinical trial using gene editing to treat glycogen storage ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

A new industry-born initiative aims to stimulate innovation in the agri-food sector in a way that is beneficial to both small ...

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing articles from across Nature Portfolio CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing exploits the CRISPR-Cas system to modify a genome in a targeted manner.

These findings expand the CRISPR toolbox with abundant and diverse type I CRISPR-Cas systems, and illustrate how endogenous systems can be harnessed to develop next-generation probiotics for human and ...

While current methods of isolating islet cells for transplantation strip away the structural scaffold that supports the cells ...

The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

Rare genetic diseases are challenging for patients and their families—made all the more overwhelming because symptoms tend to ...