Researchers identified AlCas12a, a compact, versatile enzyme that improves CRISPR gene editing and enables faster molecular ...

For the first time, the tools to rewrite human biology are moving from speculative fiction into regulated clinics and ...

A schematic showing the cytosine base editing intermediate and the various outcomes that can occur when the UNG protein is active. You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania ...

Alzheimer’s may be driven far more by genetics than previously thought, with one gene playing an outsized role. Researchers ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects for millions living with complex inherited diseases, such as cystic ...

An infant with a rare metabolic disease became the world’s first patient to be treated with a personalized CRISPR gene-editing treatment in a landmark study between Penn Medicine and the Children’s ...

For decades, high cholesterol has meant a lifetime of daily pills, repeat blood tests and constant reminders that the biggest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A patient in a late-stage gene editing trial for a rare heart condition died from fatal liver complications after receiving an ...