

Too early to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says
It’s still too soon to try to make genetically edited babies because the science isn’t advanced enough to ensure safety.

Gene Editing Is Now Precise Enough to Modify a Single Letter of DNA
Gene editing has the power to completely reshape our world. It promises everything from fixing the genetic faults that lead to disease,...


2nd man has gene editing; therapy has no safety flags so far
A second patient has been treated in a historic gene editing study in California, and no major side effects or safety issues have emerged...


A CRISPR Future: Five Ways Gene Editing Will Transform Our World
Over the past few years, CRISPR has been making headlines. Experts predict that this gene editing technology will transform our planet,...


Medical first: Doctors attempt to gene-edit a living patient's DNA
A man may soon be forever free of the previously incurable disease he was born with 44 years ago. On Monday, in a medical first, Brian...


'Handful of changes' make cancer
British scientists have worked out how many changes it takes to transform a healthy cell into a cancer. The team, at the Wellcome Trust...


First Human Embryos Successfully Edited in the US
The first known attempt at creating genetically modified human embryos in the United States has been carried out by a team of researchers...


CRISPR - Cas9: Gene editing technology
This animation depicts the CRISPR - Cas9 method for genome editing – a powerful new technology with many applications in biomedical...