Doubt over human embryo editing study
A group of scientists have challenged the landmark study which reported the first successful editing of human embryos for a genetic disease...
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Biotech companies criticise CRISPR mutation study
Two major biotech companies have criticised a recent study that claimed CRISPR may cause hundreds of unwanted mutations...
CRISPR genome editing may cause unintended mutations
CRISPR may introduce hundreds of unwanted mutations into the genome, a small study finds...
GIANT makes short work of height gene discovery
A recent large-scale study that discovered 83 rare genes related to human height reveals the power of so-called genome-wide association studies...
Gene testing in young patients may uncover 'cancer families'
More than half of patients with sarcoma, a rare cancer, have mutations that are known to increase the risk of other types of cancer...
Chinese scientists to begin first human CRISPR trial
Chinese scientists plan to start the first-ever clinical trial of CRISPR genome-editing technology in humans — on patients with lung cancer — this August...
Genome editing and CRISPR: The science of engineering the embryo
We report from the third session of the annual conference of the Progress Educational Trust, titled 'Genome Editing and CRISPR: The Science of Engineering the Embryo', which discussed these new technologies and how they might be used in the future...
Biotech company Editas to begin human gene editing in 2017
A US biotechnology start-up co-founded by two pioneers of CRISPR technology intends to begin gene editing in humans as part of an experimental treatment to target a rare genetic eye disorder...
Chinese scientists create genetically edited dogs
Scientists in China have used the gene-editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 to create dogs with increased muscle mass...
New CRISPR technique could improve precision
Scientists have identified a new version of the gene-editing technique CRISPR, which could enable greater precision in the editing of genomes, while making its use simpler and more flexible...