Gene editing is already being used to treat a handful of rare genetic diseases; however, most therapies involve breaking or ...

Gene editing is already being used to treat a handful of rare genetic diseases; however, most therapies involve breaking or inactivating genes. Precisely fixing disease-causing mutations is far more ...

In a shift away from GMOS, aka genetically modified organisms, important research is continuing in gene editing, sometimes ...

For many years, cloned ponies have excelled in the prestigious equestrian sport of polo, and the sport has now taken a ...

Scientists in the polo-obsessed nation have produced world's first genetically edited horses, designed to outrun champion ...

Researchers developed an epigenetic editing approach to silence the PCSK9 gene, achieving long-term cholesterol reduction ...

Now it is poised to make similar contributions to gene editing. A few companies are using AI to develop gene editing tools that are more specific and more efficacious. CRISPR systems such as ...

Gene therapies to treat rheumatoid arthritis have evolved slowly, but one is ready to move into human trials and an ...

Cutting-edge editing techniques are accelerating efforts to create high-yield, resilient varieties of major agricultural products.

Australian cancer researchers are the first to establish a next-generation gene-editing tool for modeling and interrogating human disease.

But amid all the fervor and history-making lies a few teething issues. Namely, even with the improved specificity CRISPR-Cas9 has brought to gene-editing, accidental, off-target effects still happen.