A viral post on social media asserts that a CRISPR-based therapy now removes HIV DNA from infected human cells and prevents the virus from returning. The post on Facebook has gathered over 350k likes ...

CRISPR has the power to correct genetic mutations, but current delivery methods are either unsafe or inefficient, keeping the technology from reaching its full medical potential. With the power to ...

When scientists discovered how bacteria protect themselves against viral invaders, called phages, in the early 2000s, little did they know they'd stumbled upon a revolutionary tool researchers could ...

Confectionery giant Mars Inc, has teamed up with biotechnology firm Pairwise, to develop more resilient cocoa, using CRISPR. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a ...

CRISPR has taken the bioengineering world by storm since its first introduction. From treating sickle cell diseases to creating disease-resistant crops, the technology continues to boast success on ...

CRISPR Therapeutics’ gene-editing treatments are highly customized and shockingly expensive. The market is watching to see if the underlying science can be applied to treat many diseases. The company ...

What if a heart attack and lifetime of statin drugs could be avoided with a one-time, two-hour infusion? Kiran Musunuru, a University of Pennsylvania cardiologist and leading gene-editing researcher, ...

CRISPR Therapeutics AG (NASDAQ:CRSP) is trending Thursday, up more than 45% over the past month. Here’s a look at what’s driving the move. What To Know: In late June, the company reported new ...

Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, which leads to a range of developmental differences. Researchers have long sought strategies to correct this duplication, because current ...

CRISPR Therapeutics is looking to diversify its therapeutic toolbox, partnering with Sirius Therapeutics to co-develop an investigational siRNA therapeutic for thromboembolic disorders in a deal ...