Beginning with a brief historical overview of CRISPR, we will trace its evolution to the current state of gene engineering, highlighting its pivotal role in reshaping the landscape of molecular ...

Humans have been tinkering with the genes of plants and animals through selective breeding for millennia. But the ability to change our own DNA is something very new. The gene-editing tool CRISPR ...

A lab course at UB is giving undergraduate biology students hands-on experience with CRISPR, a revolutionary gene-editing technique. CRISPR allows scientists to disable or alter specific sections of ...

When Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier embarked on the project that would change science and medicine in incalculable ways, their intentions were much more muted. Theirs was a basic research ...

The goal of gene therapy is to permanently cure hereditary diseases. One of the most promising technologies for this is the ...

CRISPR technology may soon lead to major stock growth in genomics. CRISPR therapies target diseases with genetic editing either inside or outside the body. Beam, CRISPR Therapeutics, Caribou, and ...