For years, researchers have been trying to figure out how to treat inherited blood disorders like sickle cell disease without ...

The rise of RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 highlights the need for new ways to fight them. RNA-targeting tools like CRISPR/Cas13 are powerful but inefficient in the cytoplasm of cells, where many RNA ...

Natural killer (NK) cells became markedly better at killing cancer cells after scientists removed key gene targets identified ...

Human cells repair RNA breaks induced by a programmable CRISPR system, paving the way for temporary treatments for genetic diseases.

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not ...

Scientists at MD Anderson created PreCiSE, a CRISPR tool that maps genes controlling natural killer (NK) cells. Editing these ...

CRISPR was one of the most influential breakthroughs of the last decade, but it's still imperfect. While the gene editing tool is already helping people with genetic ailments, scientists are also ...

The team says this technique, which was necessary because RNA-targeting tools like CRISPR/Cas13 are powerful but inefficient in the cytoplasm of cells where many RNA viruses replicate, opens doors ...

CRISPR-Cas13, a powerful RNA-targeting technology is gaining increasing attention as a next-generation gene therapy platform due to its precision and reduced side effects.

While CRISPR has shown immense promise as a next-generation therapeutic tool, the gene editing technology's edits are still imperfect. Researchers have developed a new system to test and ...

CRISPR/Cas systems have undergone tremendous advancement in the past decade. These precise genome editing tools have applications ranging from transgenic crop development to gene therapy and ...