CRISPR Therapeutics' gene-editing platform looks fairly promising, but plenty of challenges could sink the stock. Vertex ...

Head and neck cancers often begin in the mouth, throat, or voice box. They're among the most common cancers in the world, affecting over half a million people each year and causing about 300,000 ...

Researchers have found that a new base-editing gene therapy can help treat a rare neurodevelopmental disorder called Snijders Blok–Campeau syndrome caused by mutations in the CHD3 gene. A specialized ...

Researchers in Mexico are turning their focus towards a revolutionary technique to enhance crop resilience. According to News Arena India, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, also ...

Gene-editing techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9 have many uses in the area of food and agriculture. They can combat persistent drought and disease, and improve the colour and nutritional content of food ...

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania and Rice University have refined a technology for editing individual genetic ...

Advanced biotechnology repurposes two bacterial immune systems to correct large stretches of DNA. Human cells that have been edited with the new retron-based gene editing technology. Orange dots mark ...

Gene editing technologies—such as those used in agriculture and de-extinction projects—can be repurposed to offer what an international team of scientists is calling a transformative solution for ...

Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol. It's very early stage research, tried in only a few ...