Syntax Bio, a synthetic biology company programming the next generation of cell therapies, has published new research in ...
We’ve seen gene-editing in works of fiction make wonders for humans and the environment, from creating “healing factors” in humans, to transforming agriculture for greater sustainability. Genetic ...
A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...
A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...
A red quarter of a circle with the words 'The Quarter Mark' beside it. A year-long series looking back on the most significant moments of the past 25 years, how they changed our world, and how they ...
A researcher observes a CRISPR process in a Berlin lab in 2018. The gene-editing tool is cheap and easy to use, raising the potential for medical breakthroughs as well as ethical dilemmas. (Photo by ...
Humans have been tinkering with the genes of plants and animals through selective breeding for millennia. But the ability to change our own DNA is something very new. The gene-editing tool CRISPR ...
Two studies published in Nature Medicine June 11 contribute to a small body of literature suggesting cells edited with CRISPR-Cas9 may cause cancer. Here are five things to know about the studies and ...