Complementary discoveries have the potential to enhance treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers at ...

People in England with sickle cell will be able to get the world’s first CRISPR-based medicine under an agreement between the ...

As scientists grapple with the implications of a CRISPR-baby world, a new analysis took an unusual approach to analyzing the risks and benefits of germline editing. For one, it was completely inside a ...

Charity organisation Sickle Cell Society has described the recommendation as a “major breakthrough” for sickle cell patients.

The gene-editing treatment will be available to certain patients with sickle cell disease in England as Vertex commits to collecting additional data.

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing exploits the CRISPR ... Scientists argue that the technology involves considerable risk and uncertain benefits. Gene drive alleles bias their inheritance to spread ...

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell.