When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can ...

How does the CRISPR Down Syndrome breakthrough work to remove the extra chromosome 21? We are closer than ever to a world where a genetic condition affecting one in every 700 babies could be addressed ...

Developing a gene therapy typically takes years, but when Baby KJ was diagnosed with a deadly genetic condition, scientists had only months. What followed was a successful collaboration among ...

CRISPR Therapeutics had its first FDA-approved product in December 2023, a treatment for sickle cell disease called Casgevy. It’s also developing treatments for cancer and cardiovascular disease using ...

There's still a lot of uncertainty regarding CRISPR right now. For one thing, lawyers are waiting new developments in the ongoing dispute between the Broad Institute and the University of California.

A new kind of CRISPR that destroys cells rather than gene editing them has shown potential for killing sick cells while ...