New Atlas

World’s first gene-edited spider produces red fluorescent silk

For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this ...
Morning Overview on MSN

CRISPR researchers revived an ancient gene that could block disease

Researchers have used CRISPR to switch back on a gene that vanished from the human lineage roughly 20 million years ago, ...

CRISPR researchers have resurrected an ancient gene that can prevent disease

CRISPR is one of the most revolutionary technologies of the modern era, and now it's being used to bring back long-lost genes ...
Phys.org

The first genetic editing in spiders with CRISPR‐Cas yields colorful silk

The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool to spiders. Following the genetic modification, the spiders ...
FoodNavigator

Gene editing: Feeding the future or fuelling controversy?

Gene-editing techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9 have many uses in the area of food and agriculture. They can combat persistent drought and disease, and improve the colour and nutritional content of food ...
Ars Technica

FDA approves first CRISPR therapy—here’s how it works against sickle cell

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved two gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease, one of the which is the first CRISPR/Cas9-based treatment to win regulatory approval in the US. The ...
The Scientist

CRISPR Therapy Progress and Prospects

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins are core components of fast-evolving therapeutic gene editing tools. Scientists have used CRISPR ...
GEN

CRISPR-Cas9 Treatment of Rare Vascular Disease, MSMDS

Development of bespoke therapies has been a driving goal in medical research. This year, the announcement of the first patient treated with personalized CRISPR therapy, Baby KJ, highlights this ...
GEN

Warnings to Avoid Using CRISPR-Cas9 on Human Embryos Reinforced by New Findings

As far back as 2015, scientists have been warning against using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to modify germline genomes. Indeed, a perspective published that year in Science suggested that otherwise ...
Labroots

Gene Editing Beyond CRISPR-Cas9: Base Editors

Point mutations change one or very few nucleotides in DNA, but they cause an estimated 30,000 genetic diseases in humans. For example, children born with Progeria age rapidly and die before adulthood, ...
Science Daily

Gene editing via CRISPR/Cas9 can lead to cell toxicity and genome instability, study finds

Researchers have identified critical spots on the genome where gene editing could cause an unwanted response, and they provide recommendations for safer approaches. CRISPR/Cas9 is a commonly used, ...
Science Daily

CRISPR uncovers gene that supercharges vitamin D—and stops tumors in their tracks

A gene called SDR42E1 has been identified as a key player in how our bodies absorb and process vitamin D. Researchers found that disabling this gene in colorectal cancer cells not only crippled their ...