Gene-editing technologies show great promise for medical treatments and research, with the potential to cure thousands of ...

And, if all goes well, over the next five years as well.

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

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing enzyme. [Artur Plawgo / iStock / Getty Images Plus] We need a patient-first approach for any variant in any patient, whomever, wherever they are. Each and every patient ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. Celena Lozano’s son Benny, who turned 5 in November, loves trains, trucks — anything that goes. He also has a rare disease, PURA syndrome. Earlier this ...

This little company's scientific breakthrough opened up a whole new sliver of the drug market (although it's still leading the developmental race). Small biopharma story stocks just aren't paying off ...

Infection with the pathogenic yeast fungus Candida auris (C. auris) can wreak havoc on the health of hospital patients and ...

Scientists are testing CRISPR gene editing as a potential HIV cure after successfully removing the virus from infected cells ...

Northwestern scientists have developed a new nanostructure that supercharges CRISPR’s ability to safely and efficiently enter cells, potentially unlocking its full power to treat genetic diseases. By ...

Crops around the world are under pressure from high temperatures, unpredictable weather patterns and disease. Something must be done to protect them. Gene editing in agriculture can make crops more ...