Chinese scientist He Jiankui wants to end Alzheimer’s and thinks Silicon Valley is conducting a “Nazi eugenic experiment.” ...

The need to change regulations around gene-editing treatments was endorsed in November by the head of the US Food and Drug ...

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA ...

Few companies stand better poised than Beam Therapeutics to reap the first fruits of the FDA’s promised flexibility toward cell and gene therapies. | Riding a regulatory win for its base editing ...

Advancements in genome editing technologies the growing emphasis on safe and accurate gene correction, and strong biotechnology R&D investment drive the base editing market.Austin, Texas, Jan. 21, ...

He Jiankui, the Chinese biophysicist who was jailed for creating the world's first gene-edited babies ...

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

In 2023, the first CRISPR–(Cas9)-based product was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Vertex/CRISPR Therapeutics’ Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) for sickle cell disease (SCD) ...

Like other developing countries, Indonesia is facing a familiar dilemma: how to feed a growing population while protecting its extraordinary biodiversity.

Fourteen million people worldwide suffer from enlarged hearts, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that thickens the heart's walls, making it harder for the organ to pump blood - ...

NHS Scotland has approved a one-time CRISPR gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease, offering durable reduction in vaso-occlusive crises for eligible patients.