To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to ...

The rise of RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 highlights the need for new ways to fight them. RNA-targeting tools like CRISPR/Cas13 are powerful but inefficient in the cytoplasm of cells, where many RNA ...

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 ...

CRISPR was one of the most influential breakthroughs of the last decade, but it's still imperfect. While the gene editing tool is already helping people with genetic ailments, scientists are also ...

The implications for biomedical research are really promising. By knowing the passwords of a CRISPR tool, GenomePAM helps fill up a rich toolbox. Unlike older methods that rely on bacteria or test ...

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) report that they have developed a new tool (Cas13d-NCS) that allows CRISPR RNA molecules that are located within the cell ...

CRISPR/Cas systems have undergone tremendous advancement in the past decade. These precise genome editing tools have applications ranging from transgenic crop development to gene therapy and beyond.

Teens at a Georgia high school may have come up with a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. They took their idea to ...

The CRISPR gene editing technique has had a dramatic influence on biomedical research, and has even been applied to a few ...

Drug resistance has long turned some of the most advanced lung cancer therapies into temporary victories, with tumors ...