On June 28, 2012, the most significant scientific breakthrough of the first quarter of the 21st century was announced to the ...

NSF CAREER award recipient Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, an assistant professor of bioengineering in Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, leads research at the ...

St. Jude researchers advance CASTs, enhancing precision and activity for next-generation genome-editing therapies.

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Scientists are venturing into the realm of de-extinction, aiming to revive the woolly mammoth using advanced genetic ...

Thanks to CRISPR, our medical specialists will soon have unprecedented control over how they treat and prevent some of our most challenging genetic disorders and diseases. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly ...

Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them ...

Around the turn of the century, microbiologists at Danisco USA Inc. had a problem: The bacteria they used to make yogurt and cheese were getting infected with viruses. Investigating more deeply, the ...

Genetically altering crops may be key to helping them adapt to extreme temperatures. But shrinking funds and social acceptance stand in the way. By Rebecca Dzombak Plus, these birds are getting clever ...

Discover the top CRISPR companies driving innovation in gene editing, from biotech pioneers to promising start-ups shaping ...