Paddy Doherty of County Donegal, Ireland, recently became the fifth person in the world to have cells deep inside his body altered by the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9.
Only three molecular changes are needed for fruit flies to digest milkweed toxins
A rogue Chinese scientist who caused outrage last year when he said he had created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies in an attempt to protect them from HIV may also have put them at risk with a “foolish” choice of gene, experts said on Monday.
The first gene-edited snails confirm which gene is responsible for how a shell swirls
Fertility doctors in Greece and Spain say they have produced a baby from three people in order to overcome a woman’s infertility.
Prof Jennifer Doudna, one the pioneers of Crispr-Cas9 gene editing, explains how this revolutionary discovery enables precise changes to our DNA, which can be used to correct mutations that cause genetic diseases and eradicate them from a germ line.
From disastrous scientific setbacks to the upending of scientific dogma and the end of a 40-year search for a protein
Jiankui He shocked the world with news his team had created the first genetically modified twin girls. Now he says there may be more on the way.
Chinese geneticist He Jiankui’s claim to have altered embryos prompts outcry from scientists
Successful correction of genetic problems in mice before birth raises hopes of similar treatments for humans
