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A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

The CRISPR gene editing system originated in bacteria, and is part of a defense that bacterial cells use against viruses. In CRISPR gene editing, a guide RNA brings a genome-cutting enzyme (typically ...

Tests in animal models by researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, and at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have shown how gene editing two targets, HIV-1 ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

CRISPR genome-editing technology is only five years old, but it has already made remarkable strides in biomedical, microbial, and agricultural research. CRISPR affords scientists the ability to edit ...

CRISPR-Cas9 has been the household name of genetic engineering tools over the past decade, but there might be other, better ways. MIT scientists have now demonstrated an alternative called Fanzor, ...

New genetic engineering technique CRISPR could help create both crops and animals that are more immune to environmental challenges.

A team of researchers led by Feng Zhang at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT has uncovered the first programmable RNA-guided system in ...