Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), of an organism.

A young boy, among the first in the UK to receive a revolutionary £1.65 million gene-editing treatment, has returned to the hospital where he was cared for to express his gratitude to the nurse who ...

What if a cup of coffee could help treat cancer? Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Institute of Biosciences and Technology ...

Scientists say they have used the gene-editing tool CRISPR inside someone's body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. A ...

For the first time, the tools to rewrite human biology are moving from speculative fiction into regulated clinics and ...

When Feng Zhang was in his early 30s, he used a set of genes found in bacteria called CRISPR to pioneer a new kind of gene ...

Researchers identified AlCas12a, a compact, versatile enzyme that improves CRISPR gene editing and enables faster molecular ...

One of the most well-known versions of the gene-editing tool CRISPR may not work in a large proportion of the population, according to recent research out of Stanford University in California. CRISPR, ...

TEK IMAGE/Science Photo Library / Getty Images/Science Photo Libra A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug appears safe and effective for cutting cholesterol, possibly for life, ...

Case Western Reserve researcher finds new use for revolutionary gene-splicing tool; electrochemical platform could lead to blood test for HPV, parvo or others The gene-editing tool CRISPR has been ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A gene-editing technology that is being explored by scientists worldwide as a way of removing and replacing gene defects might inadvertently increase cancer risk in cells, ...