Rapid advancements in CRISPR and next-generation gene editing technologies, combined with a strong clinical pipeline ...

Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 "gene scissors" is a powerful tool for biological discovery and for identifying novel drug targets. In pooled CRISPR screens, a large number of cells are edited ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Tetsuya Muramoto from the Faculty of Science, Toho University, has established a ...

As climate pressure mounts, new platforms tackle delivery, regulation, trait stacking, and data bottlenecks limiting agricultural genome editing.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have addressed a longstanding challenge in CRISPR genome editing—accurately predicting guide RNA (gRNA) activity. Unlike previous ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first cell-based gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the ...

Head and neck cancers often begin in the mouth, throat, or voice box. They're among the most common cancers in the world, affecting over half a million people each year and causing about 300,000 ...

Last year’s federal agency layoffs, grant discontinuations, and university funding cuts led to numerous warnings of the disastrous impact on U.S. science research. Gretchen Goldman, PhD, from the ...

Waking up this morning to news of the much-deserved Nobel Prize win for Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing" confirms the importance of ...