Promising results from a small clinical trial highlight a growing interest in designing gene-editing treatments for common ...

New consumer research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), and FMI – The Food Industry Association, provides details on ...

Humans have been shaping life for thousands of years through farming, breeding, and selective cultivation. But with modern ...

The real revolution came in 2012, when researchers Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier harnessed CRISPR, a natural bacterial defense system. In bacteria, CRISPR cuts out invading viruses’ DNA ...

CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.

An experimental gene-editing treatment shows promise for permanently lowering levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, ...

There is growing appetite in Silicon Valley for the legally murky and morally frowned upon practice of embryo-editing. This is how it would work: Companies would use existing gene-editing technology ...

A clandestine startup privately funded by tech billionaires is looking into germline gene editing a human embryo.

In a world-first trial, scientists used a one-off CRISPR gene edit to switch off a liver “fat brake” gene, slashing stubborn ...

Earlier this year, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn created a first-of-its-kind drug customized to ...

A new regulatory framework, which allows the commercial cultivation of gene-edited crops in England, has cleared its final ...

From revolutionary CRISPR treatment to heavy drinking dangers, here's what you need to know about the latest health research.