This year, gene-editing technology was customized to fix mutations in a single patient’s genes for the first time.

Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine, forcing society and science alike to ...

Data presented at ASH suggest that the CRISPR therapy could provide a one-time functional cure in children as young as 5 ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — Updated results released Friday highlighted the lasting benefits of a CRISPR-based medicine for blood disorders developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, as the ...

CRISPR, the gene-editing technology which won its creators the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is most well-known for its ...

In the world of biopharmaceutical innovation, 2024 will be remembered as CRISPR’s breakout year. In the spring, five patients with sickle cell disease began treatment with Casgevy, the first ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in agricultural biotechnology by using CRISPR/Cas9 to edit the potato genome, resulting in plants with increased resistance to both biotic and abiotic ...

(RTTNews) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Thursday reported compelling long-term data for its CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy, PrCASGEVY, at the EHA Congress. In sickle cell disease trials, 95.6 ...

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins are core components of fast-evolving therapeutic gene editing tools. Scientists have used CRISPR ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism by which an oncogene commonly activated in cancer patients affects the growth rate of cells. In the future, the findings can help in developing new treatments ...

UC Davis researchers engineered wheat that encourages soil bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable fertilizer. By boosting a natural compound in the plant, the wheat triggers ...