In a few decades, gene-editing technologies could reduce the likelihood of common human diseases. Societies must use this ...

A new technology, mvGPT, is capable of precisely editing genes, activating gene expression, and repressing genes all at the ...

A team of scientists claims that the risk of common conditions like heart disease could be slashed by editing people's ...

Heritable human genome editing involves editing the DNA of sex cells (eggs, sperm) or early embryos in a manner that may be inherited by offspring. Because the impacts on future offspring and ...

Genome editing is an exciting but still nascent field ... and the first drug therapies based on the technology are now in human testing for diseases like cancer. California-based Sangamo ...

I recently watched an episode of one of my favourite TV shows, the Good Doctor. The episode revolved around how a man named Wyatt was rushed into the ER as he had a perforated valve and needed ...

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing exploits the CRISPR-Cas system ... to safely and efficiently introduce this technology into human cells of therapeutic interest. Genetic control of mosquito vector ...

For more basic information about genes, visit the Glossary. A rough draft of the human genome was completed in June 2000. Efforts are underway to complete a final draft of the human genome ...

The adenine base editor corrected the most common mutation associated with Stargardt disease in the ABCA4 gene with no off-target effects.

Read more: South Africa amended its research guidelines to allow for heritable human genome editing Heritable human genome editing involves editing the DNA of sex cells (eggs, sperm) or early ...

Heritable human genome editing involves editing the DNA of sex cells (eggs, sperm) or early embryos in a manner that may be inherited by offspring. Because the impacts on future offspring and ...