Because the new method can replace a large stretch of defective DNA with a healthy sequence, the same retron-based package can fix any combination of mutations within that stretch of DNA without ...

Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (($BMRN)) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. is conducting a long-term ...

The goal of gene therapy is to permanently cure hereditary diseases. One of the most promising technologies for this is the ...

Stanford researchers and their collaborators have revealed a new device that could change the way scientists conduct gene-editing experiments. The device, CRISPR-GPT, is an artificial intelligence lab ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2seventy bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSVT), announced today the completion of an asset purchase agreement (“APA”) by Novo Nordisk. Under the terms of the APA, Novo Nordisk ...

He Jiankui, who went to prison for three years for making the world’s first gene-edited babies, talked to MIT Technology Review about his new research plans. This story first appeared in China Report, ...

As a result, the technology stands at a complicated intersection in the fight against a shifting climate. Breeding plants to ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...

Penn Gene Therapy Program Director James Wilson will depart the University, and the functions and assets of Penn Medicine’s Gene Therapy Program will be transferred to two new for-profit companies: ...