Last year, a ten-month-old baby in the US was the first person in the world to have their rare genetic disease effectively ...

Caffeine could act as an on-off switch for gene and cell therapies, giving doctors more precise control over powerful ...

Intellia is instituting new safeguards following the death of a study participant that led regulators to pause two trials in ...

Stanford researchers and their collaborators have revealed a new device that could change the way scientists conduct gene-editing experiments. The device, CRISPR-GPT, is an artificial intelligence lab ...

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

The study used large-scale CRISPR gene-editing technology to systematically determine which genes are required as embryonic stem cells develop into brain cells.

CRISPR therapy STX-1150 could replace daily cholesterol pills with a single dose, reducing LDL by 50% for 18+ months using ...

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

Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...

After a patient safety signal and then death, the FDA in October 2025 placed holds on two of the company’s CRISPR programs for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.

Aurora Therapeutics' first target is the rare inherited disease phenylketonuria, also known as PKU. Here at MIT Technology Review we’ve been writing about the gene-editing technology CRISPR since 2013 ...

For decades, high cholesterol has meant a lifetime of daily pills, repeat blood tests and constant reminders that the biggest ...