Discover why Crispr Therapeutics AG is a strong buy with FDA-approved Casgevy, a promising pipeline, and major growth ...

For years, Yale researchers David Breslow and Mustafa Khokha have worked together with a similar challenge in their ...

With the first medical therapy approved and systems like CRISPR-Cas showing up in complex cells, there’s a lot happening in the genome editing field. By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine Published Jan 26, ...

Science and medicine are incredibly amazing. Thanks to modern science and medicine, we now have lifespans far beyond our Dark Age predecessors, living until ripe old age and enjoying the fruits of our ...

Scientists had tried to treat diseases by editing genes since the 1990s, but the methods were cumbersome and didn’t pay off. Then in June 2012, the journal Science published a paper by two future ...

Comparing the genomes of snakes with distinct coloration patterns pinpointed the genetic variants that contribute to these ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals plans to sell a gene-editing treatment for sickle-cell disease. A patent on CRISPR could stand in the way. That’s a real nice CRISPR cure you have there. It would be a pity if ...

Gene editing techniques may eventually allow trisomy to be treated at the cellular level, according to an in vitro proof-of-concept study. Down syndrome is caused by the presence of a third copy of ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) has made it to the major leagues in the world of biotech. The company is the leading maker of cystic fibrosis (CF) treatments, with its products generating more ...

Cutting-edge gene editing technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns in ...