With the first medical therapy approved and systems like CRISPR-Cas showing up in complex cells, there’s a lot happening in the genome editing field. By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine Published Jan 26, ...

CRISPR, the gene-editing technology which won its creators the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is most well-known for its ...

Bacteria-attacking viruses, known as bacteriophages, use small RNAs to disarm the CRISPR-Cas immune systems of bacteria. This discovery has now been documented by researchers at the University of ...

CRISPR’s promise of curing diseases hit a setback when researchers discovered that AZD7648, a molecule designed to improve precision, also caused catastrophic hidden damage to DNA. Instead of perfect ...

CHICAGO, IL—A novel CRISPR/Cas-9-based gene-editing technique seems to safely diminish the production of a protein linked to worsening outcomes in patients with transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have revealed how Fanzor2's divergence from bacterial ancestors may make it a useful tool for future genomic engineering endeavors. A revolution in ...

OTTAWA, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One of the most ground-breaking improvements in biology sector has its origins in the RNA-based defense system of bacteria, that encrypts CRISPR-associated ...

Scientists at Leipzig University, in collaboration with colleagues at Vilnius University in Lithuania, have developed a new method to measure the smallest twists and torques of molecules within ...

A startup founded by one of the pioneers of CRISPR genome editing plans to grow big by thinking small—namely using the smallest-known Cas protein, Cas12f, to deliver genetic therapies that act on the ...

Scientists introduced CRISPR to the world as a gene-editing tool in summer 2012, when landmark papers from two independent groups demonstrated how the system could be wielded to make cuts in DNA. Now, ...