At the start of Human Nature, a documentary about the gene-editing tool CRISPR, we meet a young man with sickle-cell anaemia. David Sanchez is wise beyond his years, driving home the injustice of his ...

CRISPR technology has revolutionized genetic testing and disease detection, offering precise, rapid, and cost-effective diagnostic solutions. This gene-editing tool has been adapted for molecular ...

Two women have won the Nobel prize in chemistry for the development of a revolutionary gene editing tool that’s been described as “rewriting the code of life.” The technique discovered by Emmanuelle ...

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell. After that ...

Longfin smelt can be difficult to differentiate from endangered Delta smelt. Here, a longfin smelt is swabbed for genetic identification through a CRISPR tool called SHERLOCK. (Alisha Goodbla/UC Davis ...

The practice of genetic modification is as old as humanity. For thousands of years, humans have bred crops, livestock and even pets that possess desirable traits. This selective process, which alters ...

CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP) just announced that its SyNTase gene editing technology will be featured in an oral presentation at the ESGCT 2025 Congress. This marks the first major public unveiling of ...