Because the underlying dynamics of how the CRISPR/Cas9 system works inside live cells aren't well understood, some delivery systems and techniques have been more successful than others.

What does CRISPR/Cas9 do? CRISPR/Cas9 is a system found in bacteria and involved in immune defence. Bacteria use CRISPR/Cas9 to cut up the DNA of invading bacterial viruses that might otherwise ...

The CRISPR tool uses the same cellular processes that bacteria employ to stave off viral infection. The enzyme that cuts the DNA — Cas9 — is shuttled to the area of interest by what scientists ...

Because the underlying dynamics of how the CRISPR/Cas9 system works inside live cells aren’t well understood, some delivery systems and techniques have been more successful than others. In order to ...

CRISPR-Cas9 is all the rage. This article approaches this novel area by establishing what applications are most likely do succeed.

FDA approves first CRISPR therapy—here’s how it works against sickle cell The landmark treatment turns on another blood protein that prevents sickling.

The buzz about how easy it is to use the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing machinery has inspired the tool’s widespread application. Researchers rave about the simplicity of using the system to cut and ...

CRISPR-Cas9 isn’t the first DNA editing technology out there. Two other technologies—zinc finger nuclease and TALENS—work similarly to CRISPR-Cas9, but do so with far less ease and precision.