Virginia Tech researchers have shown that memory loss in aging may be reversible. Using CRISPR tools, they corrected molecular disruptions in the hippocampus and amygdala, restoring memory in older ...

Recognized in the Biotechnology category of the 2025 Top Innovations contest, small Cas12l nucleases are versatile, ...

A company’s plan to edit the genomes of human embryos worries some researchers — but it might reflect the changing attitudes towards the controversial approach.

Most current approaches rely on adding nuclear localization signal (NLS) motifs to the ends of Cas9 to facilitate nuclear entry. However, this method is inefficient, and much of the Cas9 that is ...

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefitted one child. Now reseachers plan to launch a clinical trial of the ...