New research by UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has uncovered why certain brain cells are more resilient than others to the buildup of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and ...

Microbiologist John van der Oost of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has received an ERC Proof of Concept grant to further develop a promising CRISPR-based approach to cancer treatment. With ...

Scientists achieved a genetic breakthrough by removing an extra human chromosome using gene-editing technology. This landmark study successfully deleted the surplus chromosome 21 responsible for Down ...

Researchers identified AlCas12a, a compact, versatile enzyme that improves CRISPR gene editing and enables faster molecular ...

The approach uses an iteration of the SHERLOCK technology exclusively licensed to OraSure Technologies' subsidiary, Sherlock Biosciences.

The hold followed Intellia’s voluntary pause in response to a grade 4 liver event—a case of Hy’s Law—in the ATTR-CM trial.

NVIDIA and Lilly put $1B behind AI as core drug infrastructure During the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference week in mid January ...

A new study offers a solution to infections with the pathogenic fungus Candida auris by taking a new precision diagnostic approach that for the first time enables fast and accurate quantification of C ...

A San Diego research team has snagged a $7.4 million state award to push a gene-edited stem cell therapy for Friedreich’s ataxia toward human testing. The funding will cover final safety studies, ...

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 ...

CRISPR Therapeutics AG remains a pioneering gene editing company, with Casgevy's slow commercial ramp and robust pipeline driving long-term potential. Despite Casgevy's $2.2M list price and broad ...

CRISPR technology, with its high specificity and programmability, has become an important tool for the detection of human pathogens. The timely and accurate detection of pathogens is crucial for ...