Researchers have been able to manipulate large chunks of genetic code for almost 50 years. But it is only within the past decade that they have been able to do it with exquisite precision – adding, ...

CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP +4.73%) and partner Vertex Pharmaceuticals just took another step closer to launching a potential game-changing product. At the same time, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study published in Nature Communications demonstrates how small molecule inhibitors can be used to improve the precision and efficiency of CRISPR-Cas9 gene ...

We're living in a moment where science fiction is becoming medical reality. Imagine a world where doctors can simply rewrite ...

Over the past two decades, the immune system has attracted increasing attention for its role in fighting cancer. As researchers have learned more and more about the cancer-immune system interplay, ...

Researchers at Gladstone Institutes (CA, USA) have mapped the human immune response using next-generation CRISPR technology known as base editing. Using this tool, the team was able to identify ...

Researchers in China have announced a groundbreaking discovery in the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, a leading cause of blindness in humans. The research team used a new CRISPR-based genome ...

The gene-editing technology CRISPR shows early promise as a therapeutic strategy for the aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain cancer known as primary glioblastoma, according to new findings. The ...

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