FRANKFURT, Germany — Updated results released Friday highlighted the lasting benefits of a CRISPR-based medicine for blood disorders developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, as the ...
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 ...
Scientists have developed a novel approach of genome editing to repair muscle stem (satellite) cells, offering new hope for ...
Researchers have made an important step forward toward a long-desired goal: using the gene-editing technology CRISPR to treat cancer. In a study published in Nature, scientists recruited 16 people who ...
We're living in a moment where science fiction is becoming medical reality. Imagine a world where doctors can simply rewrite the genetic code that condemns someone to a lifetime of suffering.No more ...
Researchers have identified a mechanism by which an oncogene commonly activated in cancer patients affects the growth rate of cells. In the future, the findings can help in developing new treatments ...
(RTTNews) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Thursday reported compelling long-term data for its CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy, PrCASGEVY, at the EHA Congress. In sickle cell disease trials, 95.6 ...
In the world of biopharmaceutical innovation, 2024 will be remembered as CRISPR’s breakout year. In the spring, five patients with sickle cell disease began treatment with Casgevy, the first ...
The practice of genetic modification is as old as humanity. For thousands of years, humans have bred crops, livestock and even pets that possess desirable traits. This selective process, which alters ...
Goldenberries have long been a niche curiosity, tucked into specialty produce aisles and health food shops while tomatoes and ...
Jimi Olaghere used to end up in the emergency room so often that the hospital reserved a bed for him. Sickle cell disease dominated his life. A genetic defect he was born with meant that instead of ...
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 ...