Rare genetic diseases are challenging for patients and their families—made all the more overwhelming because symptoms tend to ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

Many more CRISPR-edited plants and animals are on the way, and a number of them were altered to promote traits that could help them survive or thrive in conditions fueled by climate change ...

CRISPR has been used to correct genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and cataracts, in laboratory-grown cells and in lab animals. It has also shown recent success as a treatment for other ...

A new, precision-targeted delivery method for CRISPR-Cas9, published Jan. 11 in the journal Nature Biotechnology, enables gene editing on very specific subsets of cells while still in the body — a ...

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The technology received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020, igniting a flurry of research as scientists explored its potential to change plant and animal DNA. With a growing global population of eight ...

CRISPR-Cas9 is the household name of genetic engineering tools, but there might be other, better ways. MIT scientists have now demonstrated an alternative called Fanzor, which is naturally found ...

A genetic editing system similar to CRISPR-Cas9 has been uncovered for the first time in eukaryotes – the group of organisms that include fungi, plants, and animals. The system, based on a ...

It is the first time this mechanism has been found in eukaryotes, such as animals. Unlike CRISPR proteins, Fanzor enzymes are encoded in the eukaryotic genome within transposable elements and the team ...

Ermias Kebreab, left, and Matthias Hess, right, with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will work with UC collaborators to cut methane emissions from cow guts using the ...

CRISPR has the ability to find a specific spot in a strand of DNA and make a cut, add or swap a genetic "letter" or even a word. "It's truly wondrous," said Fyodor Urnov, a gene editor at the ...