Gene-editing tools like CRISPR have unlocked new treatments for previously uncurable diseases. Now, researchers at the ...
CRISPR therapy STX-1150 could replace daily cholesterol pills with a single dose, reducing LDL by 50% for 18+ months using ...
Chinese scientist He Jiankui wants to end Alzheimer’s and thinks Silicon Valley is conducting a “Nazi eugenic experiment.” ...
For the first time, the tools to rewrite human biology are moving from speculative fiction into regulated clinics and ...
A new CRISPR-based one-off procedure that lowers "bad" cholesterol has been approved to enter Phase I human trial. If ...
Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
Understanding human gene function in living organisms has long been hampered by fundamental differences between species.
This will be a conference call of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing ( ...
The Case Western Reserve University Science and Human Rights Coalition will host Andrea Waksmunski, a PhD candidate in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, for a talk titled “Ethics of ...
In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he tweaked the genes of three human embryos in an attempt to ...