One of the most revolutionary tools in cutting-edge medicine is a molecular scalpel so precise that it can modify defective ...
The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...
MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we ...
As CRISPR continues to drive breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture, and synthetic biology, understanding its origins does more than tell an ancient story. It provides a blueprint for engineering the ...
In May, a historic moment in science and medicine was captured in a single photo that circulated across news outlets ...
As a result, the technology stands at a complicated intersection in the fight against a shifting climate. Breeding plants to ...
The colonies of Escherichia coli sitting in this petri dish become pathogenic when they carry Shiga toxin genes. Credit: Shutterstock “We’re essentially converting a pathogenic strain into a ...
When startup Pairwise launched Conscious Greens, a line of CRISPR-edited mustard greens, consumers got to experience ...
Like the find-and-replace feature of a word processor, CRISPR-based engineering allows scientists to quickly and efficiently edit DNA sequences with base pair precision. Lauded as the great ...