The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell. After that, the next step in CRISPR gene editing is usually to alter that piece of DNA. However ...

CRISPR places an entirely new kind of power into human hands. For the first time, scientists can quickly and precisely alter, delete, and rearrange the DNA of nearly any living organism ...

How CRISPR and AI Destroy the World Imagine a world where the genetic code is as easy to edit as a simple copy-and-paste.

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Like the human immune system, bacteria learn from past infections. CRISPR sequences—short snippets of DNA from previous viruses—guide destructive enzymes towards ...

CRISPR (pronounced “crisper”) is a powerful tool that scientists can use to edit DNA and modify gene functions. Every cell has six billion letters of DNA code and just one wrong letter can ...

Genome editing has advanced at a rapid pace with promising results for treating genetic conditions—but there is always room ...

2 The team next wanted to test these findings in a physiological context; they were curious to see how negative supercoiling, or under twisting of DNA that happens during normal transcription and ...

Genome editing has advanced at a rapid pace with promising results for treating genetic conditions-but there is always room for improvement.

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ago, the introduction of CRISPR technology marked a significant breakthrough ...