RNA-guided CRISPR system activates gene expression

In back-to-back studies published in Nature, researchers from Purdue University and Columbia University report a naturally ...

How CRISPR Works: Unpacking the Science of Cas9 and Gene Modification

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Insight Into Jumping Gene Mechanisms to Advance Gene Editing

Apocalyptic movies often cast a dark view of the future of gene editing. In reality though, improved gene editing methods could be used to treat cancer, hepatitis B and other diseases. Though the ...
Technology Networks

Gut Phages May Transform CRISPR Gene Editing

Researchers identified hundreds of anti-CRISPR proteins in human gut phages, including a new dual-function family that blocks ...
STAT

Celebrating a new, faster path to gene-editing medicines on demand

Urnov is a professor of molecular therapeutics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a director at its Innovative Genomics Institute. In May, news broke of a biomedical first: the on-demand ...
BioTechniques

Expanding the CRISPR toolbox: new mechanism could push boundaries of gene editing

Scientists have discovered a new CRISPR mechanism with precise activity, expanding the potential applications of the existing CRISPR toolbox. The CRISPR ‘gene scissors’ have become an important basis ...
GEN

Gene Editing Marches On Despite Missed Beats

Volatile macroeconomic events are magnified in life science and healthcare applications, which are capital intensive, long-term investments with associated regulatory, safety, and commercial risks.
Chiang Rai Times

AI Revolutionizes FDA Approval for Rare Disease Patients

FDA introduced a new "Plausible Mechanism Framework." Under this policy, certain gene therapies and RNA-based treatments ...