Explore CRISPR technology explained, gene editing science, DNA modification, and genetic engineering ethics—discover how ...
An experimental gene-editing therapy developed by Crispr Therapeutics is showing promise for treating heart disease.
A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects ...
When scientists discovered how bacteria protect themselves against viral invaders, called phages, in the early 2000s, little did they know they’d stumbled upon a revolutionary tool researchers could ...
Viktor Mamontov, Alexander Martynov, Natalia Morozova, Anton Bukatin, Dmitry B. Staroverov, Konstantin A. Lukyanov, Yaroslav Ispolatov, Ekaterina Semenova, Konstantin Severinov Proceedings of the ...
All around the world — in the oceans, the soil, your body — an invisible battle is raging. Earth’s vast population of roughly 10 30 bacteria faces an unending onslaught from an even larger army of ...
The colonies of Escherichia coli sitting in this petri dish become pathogenic when they carry Shiga toxin genes. Credit: Shutterstock “We’re essentially converting a pathogenic strain into a ...
Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...
It acts as a sort of molecular fumigator to battle phages and plasmids. CRISPR-Cas9 has long been likened to a kind of genetic scissors, thanks to its ability to snip out any desired section of DNA ...
CRISPR Therapeutics' Casgevy, the first CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing therapy, shows promising results in treating Sickle Cell Disease and beta thalassemia but faces challenges in patient adoption and cost ...