Live Science spoke with biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys, whose work helped establish CRISPR as a gene-editing system. Scientists introduced CRISPR to …
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CRISPR Therapy Breakthroughs: Advancements at Unprecedented Speeds
Scientists introduced CRISPR to the world as a gene-editing tool in summer 2012, when landmark papers from two independent groups demonstrated how the system could be wielded to make cuts in DNA. Now, less than 12 years later, we're seeing CRISPR put to use in groundbreaking medical treatments.
Using a CRISPR-guided technique called "base editing," scientists edited the genes of liver cells in 10 people's bodies. A one-time, CRISPR-based gene …
Drug regulators have approved a CRISPR therapy called Casgevy to treat inherited blood disorders. But what is it and how does it work? The world's …
In a new study, stopping skeletal-muscle cancer cells from making a specific protein forced them to turn into healthy muscle cells. Scientists have …
CRISPR is a versatile tool for editing genomes and has recently been approved as a gene therapy treatment for certain blood disorders. CRISPR, short …
