A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, made a shocking announcement to the world in 2018: He had secretly engineered the birth of the first gene-edited babies. The birth of the twins was seen as reckless ...

Blockchain, nanomedicine, and 3D printing signal a growing emphasis on improving healthcare delivery through innovative ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects for millions living with complex inherited diseases, such as cystic ...

On a special episode (first released on June 20, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: With the advent of CRISPR as a gene editing technology, there are new opportunities to develop breakthrough treatments ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have now developed an improved method of gene editing that is precise, more efficient ...

Proof of concept in vivo data from rodent studies and large animal studies for its technology is expected in the 2nd half of 2023. First IND application of PM359 treating patients with chronic ...

To rev up its cell therapy engine, AstraZeneca is looking to the aptly named Revvity. The Big Pharma has inked a licensing deal with Revvity—the new moniker for the life sciences and diagnostics ...

MOST STORIES about gene-edited children begin with He Jiankui, a rogue Chinese scientist who, in 2018, announced that he had created the world’s first such babies in secret. His reckless and illegal ...

Advanced biotechnology repurposes two bacterial immune systems to correct large stretches of DNA. Human cells that have been edited with the new retron-based gene editing technology. Orange dots mark ...

A new genome editing technology known as CRISPR has the potential to revolutionize the way scientists study diseases and genetics. “I think it’s a really useful tool for science, in fact it’s sort of ...

A Silicon Valley startup backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong is pursuing research that some fear could lead to the birth of a genetically engineered baby — a step that’s ...