Cutting-edge editing techniques are accelerating efforts to create high-yield, resilient varieties of major agricultural products.

In a shift away from GMOS, aka genetically modified organisms, important research is continuing in gene editing, sometimes referred to as “the next big thing in agriculture.” The important ...

Researchers developed an epigenetic editing approach to silence the PCSK9 gene, achieving long-term cholesterol reduction ...

But amid all the fervor and history-making lies a few teething issues. Namely, even with the improved specificity CRISPR-Cas9 has brought to gene-editing, accidental, off-target effects still happen.

Casgevy, also known as exa-cel, was the first treatment to be licensed using gene-editing tool Crispr (Alamy/PA) A £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use for some NHS patients ...

Experts hailed exciting news for some people with sickle cell disease in England as the health watchdog decided to grant ...

Campaigners reacted with joy as health officials approved a gene-editing therapy for certain children and adults with severe sickle cell disorder. It is thought that 1,700 people could be eligible ...

Using the gene-editing technique CRISPR, scientists can modify the pig’s DNA. eGenesis workers make more than 60 edits to help manage a host of potential issues including rejection, size of the ...

Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal ...