Genome editing is a powerful biotechnology tool that allows scientists to make precise changes to an organism's DNA. It involves the use of specialized enzymes, known as engineered nucleases or ...

Recent scientific advances have made genome editing technologies—a suite of biological tools for making precise additions, deletions, and alterations to the DNA and RNA of living cells– more rapid, ...

A Ph.D. student in Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has developed software to improve the accuracy of genome editing. This is important for developing therapies ...

A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology examined how > 2,000 clinically approved drugs affect ...

A new genome editing tool—minimal versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT)—can achieve simultaneous and orthogonal gene editing and gene regulation in human cells. The coming together of ...

Delivering genome editing machinery into plant cells remains a challenge despite the dire need for high yield crops with enhanced nutritional value that are resistant to disease and resilient in the ...

Arpita Bose and Zhecheng Zhang explore genetic tools in environmental microbes, citing applications in extracellular electron transfer ...

Scientists have unveiled a revolutionary protospacer adjacent motif (PAM)-less genome editing system using CRISPR-SpRY, marking a major advancement in soybean ...

Chronic illnesses such as cancer and autoimmune disorders significantly strain both patients and healthcare systems. Traditional long-term drug therapies, which often have non-specific effects, can ...

Scientists at the University College London (UCL) have developed a novel therapy that helps treat patients with T cell acute ...