There's a fresh push to edit the genes of human embryos to prevent diseases and enhance characteristics that parents value.

Yale researchers have developed a new and safe family of RNA-editing tools that utilize an RNA-targeting activity that they ...

Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions By Laura Ungar, Associated Press | Posted - May 16, 2025 at 2:33 p.m.

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A new study links a particular gene and a protein variant found only in humans to the origins of spoken language. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to replace the NOVA1 protein found in mice ...

A study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation titled "Single Dose Genome Editing Therapy Rescues Auditory and ...

It’s easy to be captivated by the science. CRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized medicine, allowing doctors to alter DNA inside a living body.

Health Nation Nation & World Science Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions May 15, 2025 at 10:00 am ...

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him. Researchers described the case in a new study ...

A gene-edited mouse created with two male parents has now survived to reach adulthood. This is a momentous occasion for genetics, as previous attempts to create bi-paternal mice have failed for a ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Several editing technologies go into cells and essentially use “genetic scissors” to cut up the DNA. Once you introduce a cut into the genome, repair processes will try to repair that break.