The collaboration provides VedaBio access to essential CRISPR IP, accelerating the development of customised diagnostic ...

The practice of genetic modification is as old as humanity. For thousands of years, humans have bred crops, livestock and even pets that possess desirable traits. This selective process, which alters ...

CRISPR is a gene-editing tool that acts like “molecular scissors,” but using it on cancer is complex. The technology’s biggest impact so far is in research labs, helping scientists understand how ...

With the first medical therapy approved and systems like CRISPR-Cas showing up in complex cells, there’s a lot happening in the genome editing field. By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine Published Jan 26, ...

Instead of pulling cells out of the body, editing them, and putting them back in, scientists have now found a way to send CRISPR tools directly to specific cells inside living animals. By wrapping ...

Sickle-cell disease is the first illness to be beaten by CRISPR, but the new treatment comes with an expected price tag of $2 to $3 million. CRISPR Therapeutics, Editas Medicine, Precision BioSciences ...

Nearly 80% of patients with a rare inherited blindness regained some vision after CRISPR-based gene editing. From recognizing lights on a coffee machine to navigating obstacles, these improvements ...

The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR is promising to revolutionize medicine. Some researchers are trying to help make it available for people with very rare genetic disorders. A gene-editing ...

First-mover advantages are a big deal in the world of pharmaceuticals. CRISPR Therapeutics scored the first-ever regulatory approval for a CRISPR/Cas9 treatment this month. While logistical challenges ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

The world's first patient to be treated with personalized gene editing therapy is finally headed home after over 300 days in the hospital. Nine-month-old KJ Muldoon recently underwent CRISPR-based ...