gene editing
CRISPR Is More Damaging to DNA Than We Thought
Several studies have uncovered serious problems with the gene-editing tech, throwing its therapeutic potential in doubt.
A New Company Aims to Bring Gene Editing to Sick Patients—Fast
Beam Therapeutics will be the first to pursue therapies using a new, more precise technique. It could be the first step to translating gene-editing technology into treatments for human illness.
Scientists Tried to Edit Genes Inside Someone’s Body for the First Time
Doctors hope the treatment will change this man's DNA and cure his metabolic disease.
Nobel Winner Kazuo Ishiguro's ‘Never Let Me Go’ Predicted the Gene Editing Debate
On Thursday, Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Scientists Used CRISPR to Edit a Gene That Causes Miscarriages
The gene editing technology could eventually herald the next frontier in fertility treatment.
US Scientists Just Confirmed They’ve Genetically Modified Human Embryos
The researchers want to move onto clinical trials in humans and “monitor the birth of children."
These Kids Are Learning CRISPR At Summer Camp
I went to a New York classroom to see how kids were being prepared for the future of gene editing.
CRISPR Is Not Accurate Enough to Save Us Yet
Scientists are at odds over a study that says gene editing comes with thousands of unwanted mutations.