When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can ...
The use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology has potential to transform the field of gene therapy through its simple and cost-effective delivery mechanism, said Peter Marks, director of the US Food ...
A CRISPR Therapy Just Cured A Disease From Inside The Body For The First Time. The Gene-Editing Era Officially Started Monday ...
Researchers at Duke University and North Carolina State University have discovered a handful of new CRISPR-Cas systems that could add to the capabilities of the already transformational gene editing ...
Update: On 8 December, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the CRISPR–Cas 9 therapy for sickle cell disease described in this story. Less than a month after the world’s first approval of a ...
Enveloped viruses get their outer coat by budding from cells they've invaded. CRISPR-Cas9 researchers coopted this behavior to produce envelope-derived vehicles that encapsulate Cas9 proteins (dark ...
Young adult mice with a genetic form of progressive deafness can hear again after being treated with an experimental CRISPR gene therapy that its creators hope to eventually use in humans. In an ...
A new kind of CRISPR that destroys cells rather than gene editing them has shown potential for killing sick cells while ...
A detailed look at the predicted structure of a new CRISPR-Cas tool that promises to expand the genomic editing and manipulating abilities of the original. Researchers at Duke University and North ...