Some of the most expensive drugs currently in use are gene therapies to treat specific diseases, and their high cost limits ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects ...

Explore CRISPR technology explained, gene editing science, DNA modification, and genetic engineering ethics—discover how ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an ...

Weill Cornell Medicine scientists created Cyclone, a simple tool that uses the antiviral drug acyclovir to safely switch ...

Researchers have developed an improved method of gene editing that is precise, more efficient than other similar methods and can correct many disease-causing mutations at once in mammalian cells. The ...

In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

Scientists at Georgia State University have used CRISPR gene editing to restore an ancient enzyme humans lost millions of years ago potentially reversing the buildup of uric acid that causes gout.

We have written about the promise of gene therapy to correct genetic disease many times. An exciting development happened ...

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a versatile and non-toxic technology for controlling the activity of ...