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 ...

In addition, some species of spider are able to create silk that is the stronger than Kevlar and has many practical uses ...

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

Jennifer Doudna, the co-developer of CRISPR, says there’s a “coming revolution” in climate-adapted crops and animals. Jennifer Doudna, one of the inventors of the breakthrough gene-editing ...

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 ...

During animal development, cells divide and arrange themselves in a coordinated way, eventually forming the embryo. The cells ...

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.