Gene-editing therapy removes extra chromosome behind Down syndrome in a landmark lab study

Scientists achieved a genetic breakthrough by removing an extra human chromosome using gene-editing technology. This landmark study successfully deleted the surplus chromosome 21 responsible for Down ...

Cutting DNA, Cutting Edge: Companies Using CRISPR and Other Gene Editing Technologies to Rewrite the Future of Industry and Medicine

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 ...
STAT

FDA’s new ‘plausible mechanism pathway’ for personalized gene editing raises concerns

In November, six months after KJ’s debut, top Food and Drug Administration officials Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad published ...
EL MUNDO on MSN

'Dr. Frankenstein' speaks about genetic editing of babies: "I am the most important scientist on the planet. They are preparing an attack against me"

Chinese scientist He Jiankui spent three years in prison after 'creating' three genetically edited babies. Back in the ...
Fierce Biotech

Touching base: Beam CEO on gene editing biotech's 'big push' for in vivo delivery

Few companies stand better poised than Beam Therapeutics to reap the first fruits of the FDA’s promised flexibility toward cell and gene therapies. | Riding a regulatory win for its base editing ...
Drug Target Review

New CRISPR based gene-editing treatment targets root cause of kidney disease

Explore groundbreaking gene-editing therapy for kidney disease, offering hope to those with polycystic kidney disease.
The WeekOpinion

Gene editing: Are we playing God?

Gene editing is rewriting the future of medicine, as seen in the case of a baby named KJ Muldoon who got a fully personalised ...
Forbes

Gene Editing Or Gene Silencing: The Therapies Poised To Transform Medicine

Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine. Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine, forcing society and science alike ...
C&EN

Discovery of Science Scissors Shapes Genetics

In 2020, Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, CRISPR-Cas9, a method for genome editing. Often referred to as “molecular scissors,” CRISPR cuts DNA at specific locations that ...
The Varsity

The Wrath of CRISPR: AI charts a bold course in gene editing

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

A synthetic regeneration cascade for genetically editing crops

A research team has created gene-edited crops without using tissue culture. A team of plant biotechnologists led by Gunvant Patil at Texas Tech University (TX, USA) has developed a groundbreaking ...
Engadget

Doctors successfully treated a baby with the first ever personalized gene-editing therapy

A team of doctors and scientists have successfully treated a rare genetic condition with the first-ever personalized gene-editing therapy. Results of the groundbreaking treatment have been published ...