Researchers from Wageningen University & Research and Van Andel Institute used a variant of CRISPR, a gene-editing tool, to ...

The ability to precisely edit the genomes of bacteria has long been a goal of microbiologists. Such technology would enable ...

Most gene-editing tools cut DNA wherever they’re pointed, with no way to tell a tumor cell from a healthy one. A study ...

Researchers led by Gladstone Institutes have successfully adapted a retron-based genome editing system, previously limited to E. coli, to work in 14 additional bacterial species. This breakthrough ...

A major collaboration involving nine labs, led by scientists at Gladstone Institutes, has transferred a particularly useful ...

Cancer cells excel at evading detection, but subtle chemical differences set them apart from healthy cells. Now, a team of ...

Genome editing is revolutionizing the medical landscape by offering new therapeutic possibilities for genetic diseases, which collectively affect hundreds ...

Targeted DNA editing by CRISPR technology has great potential for applications in biotechnology and gene therapy. However, precise gene editing remains a challenge largely due to insufficient control ...

The CRISPR gene editing technique has had a dramatic influence on biomedical research, and has even been applied to a few humans to treat disease. Since its invention, scientists have improved, ...

Serif Biomedicines has emerged from stealth with $50 million in start-up funding. The new firm is developing what it calls ...

For the first time, a team of researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Agricultural Research Council has ...