A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos

Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...
Hoodline

SF Thiel Fellow Jumps Coasts To Build Gene-Edited Baby Startup Manhattan Genomics

Cathy Tie, who launched her first biotech in SF's IndieBio, now leads Manhattan Genomics in controversial push to edit human ...
Nature

Personalized gene editing helped one baby: can it be rolled out widely?

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

Here’s the latest company planning for gene-edited babies

A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the ...
Devdiscourse

How generative AI is driving the future of plant gene editing

Traditional breeding and genetic modification methods have struggled to keep pace with the rapid evolution of plant viruses. CRISPR/Cas systems, originally derived from bacterial immune responses, ...

FDA Clears Way for Faster Personalized Gene Editing Therapy

A top US regulator plans to unveil a faster approach to approving custom gene-editing treatments, a move designed to unleash a wave of industry investment that will yield cures for patients with rare ...