The new Integrated Classifier Pipeline system uses genetic fingerprints to identify unintended bystander CRISPR edits. A confocal microscope image of an early…
An electron micrograph of HIV, which currently requires lifelong medicationScott Camazine/Alamy Stock Photo
A new way to eradicate HIV from the body could one day be turned into a cure for infection by this virus,…
An electron micrograph of HIV, which currently requires lifelong medicationScott Camazine/Alamy Stock Photo
A new way to eradicate HIV from the body could one day be turned into a cure for infection by this virus,…
Herbicide-resistant pigweed is a growing problem for farmersDesign Pics Inc / Alamy Stock Photo
A gene drive – a bit of DNA that cheats evolution and can spread even if harmful – has been successfully tested in a…
Tumors can carry mutations in hundreds of different genes, and each of those genes may be mutated in different ways — some mutations simply replace one DNA nucleotide with another, while others insert or delete…
EATING meat is a major contributor to two of the greatest problems humanity faces: global warming and the loss of biodiversity. Farming is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions, while the amount of…
Gene-edited pigs are protected from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndromeGenus PIC
Pigs that are immune to a disease estimated to cost farmers $2.7 billion a year globally look set to become the first…
A new therapy makes cuts in the gene for kallikrein (shown as graphics), a protein involved in inflammationBIOSYM TECHNOLOGIES, INC./SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Nine people with a rare genetic condition that causes…
A new therapy makes cuts in the gene for kallikrein (shown as graphics), a protein involved in inflammationBIOSYM TECHNOLOGIES, INC./SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Nine people with a rare genetic condition that causes…
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #CRISPR--CRISPR QC, a biotechnology start-up based in San Diego, is pleased to announce a major stride in its ongoing Series A funding round. Known for their CRISPR Analytics Platform, powered by the…
Microbial sequence databases contain a wealth of information about enzymes and other molecules that could be adapted for biotechnology. But these databases have grown so large in recent years that they’ve become…
Cholesterol crystals viewed with an electron microscopeCMEABG-UCBL-CHAPON/PHANIE/Alamy
A CRISPR gene-editing treatment has lowered cholesterol levels in a small, initial trial involving 10 people. The effect has…
A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable DNA-cutting enzymes called Fanzors — and a new study from scientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research has identified…
A team of researchers led by Feng Zhang at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has uncovered the first programmable RNA-guided system in eukaryotes —…
Over time, cancer cells can evolve to become resistant to treatment, more aggressive, and metastatic — capable of spreading to additional sites in the body and forming new tumors. The more of these traits that a…
When Rijul Kochhar arrived at MIT to begin his PhD studies, he was already certain about what he wanted to study. Coming from Delhi, where he earned master's and undergraduate degrees and had taught at the Delhi…