Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool to help scientists better plan gene-editing ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

The new system developed by Professor Chad Mirkin delivers CRISPR machinery more safely and effectively into cells.

Scientists demonstrated that CRISPR-based gene activation (CRISPRa) can treat genetic heart disease in vivo. In mice with ...

A CRISPR system detects rare cancer mutations in blood with single-nucleotide precision, outperforming ddPCR through ...

Researchers have unveiled a new type of nanostructure that dramatically improves CRISPR delivery. Called lipid nanoparticle ...

CRISPR-Cas13, a powerful RNA-targeting technology is gaining increasing attention as a next-generation gene therapy platform due to its precision and reduced side effects. Utilizing this system, ...

CRISPR was one of the most influential breakthroughs of the last decade, but it's still imperfect. While the gene editing tool is already helping people with genetic ailments, scientists are also ...

More than a decade ago, scientists harnessed a bacterial molecular machine that identifies and cuts specific sections of DNA, revolutionizing the ability to edit genes ...

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