Across all domains of life, immune defenses thwart invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most known CRISPR systems target invading pathogens’ DNA and chop it up to ...

A new publication from CorriXR Therapeutics, an oncology focused biotherapeutics company developing genetic medicines to overcome drug resistance in solid tumors, shows that its novel CRISPR-directed ...

Serendipitous observations have shaped science for centuries. What happens to such discoveries when the academic atmosphere leaves no room for detours?

Microbiologist John van der Oost of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has received an ERC Proof of Concept grant to further develop a promising CRISPR-based approach to cancer treatment. With ...

Aurora Therapeutics' first target is the rare inherited disease phenylketonuria, also known as PKU. Here at MIT Technology Review we’ve been writing about the gene-editing technology CRISPR since 2013 ...

Menlo Ventures has made a $16 million bet that the “baby KJ” custom CRISPR therapy success story is repeatable. The funding has enabled CRISPR co-inventor Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., and baby KJ scientist ...

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA regulatory pathway to commercialize treatments for rare diseases. Last February ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vice President JD Vance wrongly claimed Thursday that the ICE agent who shot and killed Minneapolis poet and mother Renee Good is ...

Vice President JD Vance’s claim Thursday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is “protected by absolute immunity” drew immediate ...

When officers commit misconduct during off-duty jobs, some judges are granting them immunity historically reserved for on-duty incidents HOUSTON — Shanita Terrell believes someone spiked her drink the ...