A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Illustration of the CRISPR-Cas9 complex, one of the gene-editing tools developed by the Innovative Genomics Institute. The new Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures will use CRISPR technology to develop ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

Researchers say discoveries could expand the CRISPR toolbox and lead to more efficient, rapid diagnostic tools for detecting COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins are core components of fast-evolving therapeutic gene editing tools. Scientists have used CRISPR ...

Scientists introduced CRISPR to the world as a gene-editing tool in summer 2012, when landmark papers from two independent groups demonstrated how the system could be wielded to make cuts in DNA. Now, ...