CRISPR

A team of scientists think they might be able use CRISPR to edit out genes associated with autism.

The testing on monkeys is being done in China because it would be too costly and controversial in the United States.

By using a tool known as CRISPR-Cas9, scientists may be able to identify corals that are genetically predisposed to survive as the climate changes around them.

Researchers think this trial could be "the real beginning of gene therapy."

Is CRISPR the miracle we've been hoping for to treat genetic brain diseases?

The future is uncertain for many favorites.

Gene therapies are probably still a decade away from being used routinely to treat genetic causes of hearing loss in humans.

We've looked for anti-aging secrets in short-lived organisms from worms to yeast, but the killifish is a vertebrate, making it a much better analog to humans.

From CRISPR bacon to Donald Trump's opioid war declaration, these are the top health stories of 2017.

Scientists are exploring how to use CRISPR gene editing to improve the success rate of IVF.

Nearly every field of biological sciences are being reimagined with CRISPR gene editing technology.

Dialysis for life or a genetically altered pig organ? That may be a choice for transplant patients in the future.

Gene editing is going to change the way we treat diseases, save the environment and address food insecurities.

While the breakthrough has raised ethical concerns, we should also remember to celebrate advances in research.

There are virtually no regulations for CRISPR technology.

Hundreds of genes mutated accidentally.

After the Patent and Trade Office ruled on a bitter patent dispute over a gene-editing technology, Doudna spoke with Newsweek about the decision and where she, and the science, go from here.

Pioneering gene editing research has put the U.K. at the forefront of the next scientific revolution—whether the rest of the world is ready for it or not.

The discovery could be a new way to kill cancer cells.

The Human Code Foundation says the technology that will let us define what it means to be human is around the corner.

A series of studies using mice suggests that gene-editing may someday help people suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Parents who wish to enhance their offspring may be risk-averse to the unknown adverse consequences.

Scientists introduce mouse immune genes into malaria-ridden species that’s scourge of India.