Bring up germline editing, and most scientists cringe. The idea behind the notorious CRISPR-baby scandal, editing reproductive cells or embryos tinkers with DNA far beyond just the patient—any changes ...

In fact, one scientist claims that he's genetically engineered two babies using a revolutionary tool called Crispr. But what exactly is a "Crispr baby" anyway? Would you like to be 6 feet tall?

Dr He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, made the two designer babies, Lulu and Nana, by employing a gene editing technology known as CRISPR, which stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short ...

It’s a new way to create “bi-paternal” mice that can survive to adulthood—but human applications are still a long way off.

For example, similar sections of the genetic code from mom could encode smaller babies for easier birth ... down three essential DNA regions involved in imprinting and used CRISPR to delete those ...

The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK ...

The commission, composed of dozens of scientists worldwide, was formed after Chinese geneticist He Jiankui claimed in 2018 to have used CRISPR-Cas9 on a set of twins and a third baby to make them ...

Today’s headlines highlight critical developments in genetic medicine, global politics, and the latest updates from the ...

CRISPR stocks are high risk but hold potential for aggressive investors. CRISPR Therapeutics and its partner Vertex Pharmaceuticals have the only approved CRISPR therapy. Several other biotech ...

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.