A team of engineers at the University of Florida has developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make diagnostics ...

A new gene editing company has been launched to commercialize software originally developed by a high school intern.

The new CRISPR platform, called ΨDNA, reprograms Cas12 nucleases to recognize and act on RNA using a DNA-based guide scaffold ...

ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute has launched DECODR, Inc., a new for‑profit company created to expand access to one of the world’s leading software tools to evaluate the effectiveness of ...

The practice of genetic modification is as old as humanity. For thousands of years, humans have bred crops, livestock and even pets that possess desirable traits. This selective process, which alters ...

CRISPR functions as a programmable genetic memory system derived from bacterial immune defenses against viral infections. Guide RNA allows for rapid multiplexed targeting compared to older ...

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA regulatory pathway to commercialize treatments for rare diseases. Last February ...

Last year, Verve Therapeutics started the first human trial of a CRISPR treatment that could benefit most people—a signal that gene editing may be ready to go mainstream. CRISPR for high cholesterol ...