To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to ...

Gene therapy could be a permanent cure for many life-threatening hereditary diseases, and this will only help in the treatment of genetic diseases and cancer ...

A single CRISPR infusion lowered harmful cholesterol and triglycerides by nearly half in early trial results. Although this was a small trial, early safety findings are reassuring. Participants ...

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

Programmable CRISPR tools are turning stem cell biology into something closer to software engineering, shrinking ...

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

Drug resistance has long turned some of the most advanced lung cancer therapies into temporary victories, with tumors learning to shrug off chemotherapy that once held them in check. A new wave of ...

The gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is changing what’s possible for treating a wide range of diseases caused by genetic mutations. But so far, attempts to use the technology to address ...

A cutting-edge therapy using base-edited immune cells is offering a major breakthrough for patients with one of the toughest ...