‘Cutting edge’ is, for once, a truly apt description when it comes to gene editing – both because the field is pushing medicine into areas we might never have dreamed possible, and because ...

In 2024, we’ve witnessed some incredible advancements in medicine, from gene editing to stem cell therapies. These ...

With AI taking more and more space in biotech, CRISPR stands out as one of the most promising avenues for AI integration.

Towana Looney has now become the latest recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney – and is currently the only living person with ...

Thanks to recent advances, we now have the tools to directly change someone's DNA—this has paved the way for gene editing as a type of gene therapy. It is done using the CRISPR-Cas9 system ...

New genetic medicines for sickle cell disease were hailed as a milestone. Now researchers are working on ways to widen access ...

where it corrects the sickle cell mutation before the cells are returned to the patient in a bone marrow transplant procedure. “The use of CRISPR gene editing to fix the sickle cell disease ...

Towana Looney, a 53-year-old woman from Alabama, has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a ...