Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR ...

The discovery was made by Jennifer Doudna and her team at UC Berkeley's Innovative Genomics Institute.

A study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has found that new cutting-edge ...

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have developed a revolutionary new method to improve compact gene-editing tools known as base ...

Treating inherited diseases is one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine. In the future, targeted gene corrections at ...

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania and Rice University have refined a technology for editing individual genetic "base pairs" to a new level of precision, opening the door to safer, more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock In a remarkable feat, scientists have achieved the ability to selectively target and remove tumor DNA.

Manipulating “thresholds” with mitochondrial gene editing tools. By focusing on the genetic roots of neurodegenerative diseases, mitochondrial DNA editing represents a shift in therapeutic strategies.

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these mutations cause serious diseases that pass down only through mothers. They ...