We have written about the promise of gene therapy to correct genetic disease many times. An exciting development happened ...

CRISPR technology could one day create “designer babies, ” raising major ethical and social inequality concerns.

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

Durable reprogramming of human T cells may now be possible thanks to a new technique based on the CRISPRoff and CRISPRon methodology. Researchers from the Arc Institute, Gladstone Institutes, and the ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — At the University of Scranton on Thursday night, all four candidates vying to be the next mayor of the Electric City went head-to-head in a debate discussing several topics. They each ...

In 2024, regulators approved Casgevy, the first CRISPR-based therapy to treat sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia — a one-time treatment that edits a patient’s own stem cells to produce healthy ...

1 Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan 2 Alida Biosciences Inc., San Diego, CA, United States Introduction: Adenosine-to-Inosine (A-to-I) editing is an ...

Faulty versions of the LMNA gene can cause a wide range of health problems, including heart muscle disease (dilated cardiomyopathy) and muscle weakness (muscular dystrophies). Many of these diseases ...

A groundbreaking study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first-ever liver xenotransplant from a genetically modified pig to a human. The recipient, a 71-year-old man with advanced liver ...