Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria evolve new ways to elude drug treatments for a variety of illnesses, a growing ...

The onset and aggressiveness of cancer are related to the abnormal behavior of certain genes, known as oncogenes. The best-known of these alterations is mutation, but it is not the only one. Sometimes ...

Vertex executives warned that Casgevy, its curative treatment for sickle cell disease, would be slow to reach patients. But ...

The company, founded by UC Berkeley scientists including Jennifer Doudna, is preparing to test its lead candidate STX-1150 in ...

Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD; Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD, and Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD—offer their views on the commercial potential and challenges of genome editing following a rollercoaster 2025 ...

Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Dr. Kiran Musunru crafted a bespoke treatment that has successfully corrected the genetic ...

Melissa B. Davis uses CRISPR screening to better understand how cancer affects underrepresented populations and find new potential therapeutic targets.

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after ...

Last year, a ten-month-old baby in the US was the first person in the world to have their rare genetic disease effectively ...

DENVER, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CRISPR gene-editing, and related genome engineering technologies, are reshaping industries from medicine to materials, with breakthroughs in treating genetic ...

What if a cup of coffee could help treat cancer? Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Institute of Biosciences and Technology ...