An international team of scientists reported the development of a new CRISPR-based tool that acts like a shredder, able to remove long stretches of DNA in human cells with programmable targeting ...

For years, researchers have been trying to figure out how to treat inherited blood disorders like sickle cell disease without ...

Human cells repair RNA breaks induced by a programmable CRISPR system, paving the way for temporary treatments for genetic diseases.

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not ...

Scientists at Christiana Care Health System's Gene Editing Institute have developed a potentially breakthrough CRISPR gene-editing tool. It could allow researchers to take fragments of DNA ...

When CRISPR first burst onto the biotech scene, it rose to fame for its precise cutting prowess—break a target DNA strand, silence a gene. But the tool came with hiccups. While far more efficient than ...

Humans had better be ready to play God. Because we’ve now got the tools to do just that. Credit the recent discovery of CRISPR-Cas9, a powerful gene-editing tool that gives scientists the ...

Amidst rising hopes for using CRISPR gene editing tools to repair deadly mutations linked to conditions like cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease, a new study in the Nature journal ...

Scientists are harnessing the same technology behind the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR to develop cheap devices that can quickly diagnose infections from viruses like Zika, dengue, and HPV.

Columbia scientists have captured the first images of a new gene editing tool that could improve upon existing CRISPR-based tools. The team developed the tool, called INTEGRATE, after discovering ...

The powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR has been making headlines for its ability to edit DNA, which could one day transform how we fight cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Now, scientists ...