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

You won’t find CRISPR animals as products on supermarket shelves just yet. But some are remarkably close. In 2021, Japan approved the sale of two CRISPR-edited fish.

CRISPR-Cas9 technology has been used to knock out DNA in research mice and rats, meaning the animal gene for a particular target is silenced and the defective gene for human disease is knocked in ...

Colossal Biosciences, known for its de-extinction efforts with woolly mammoths and dodos, is now targeting the restoration of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CRISPR is already widely used for scientific research, and in the not too distant future many of the plants and animals in our farms, gardens or homes may have been altered with CRISPR. In fact ...

Using CRISPR to correct the mutations behind polycystic kidney disease could counter some of the damage the condition causes ...

No doubt 2025 will usher in many more advances in CRISPR therapies, thanks to the FDA’s new Platform Technology Designation Program, which will allow innovators to have an easier path to market.