Interview

All gene therapies have their own advantages and limitations, but one shared feature is the challenge in delivering the gene-editing or replacement...

Genome editing and its potential uses are highly complex and can be challenging to comprehend for laypeople. A global citizens’ assembly is proposed...

CRISPR is believed to hold the cure for many rare single-gene disorders that are otherwise incurable. Alessia Cavazza’s group at University College...

Using massively parallel kinetic profiling, scientists can now characterise the cleavage and binding specificity of Cas variants for 10,000 targets at...

CRISPR genome editing marches forward as a curative therapy for genetic disorders. Here lead scientist Ayal Hendel talks about how he is developing a...

Scientists use CRISPR to change the fate of adipocytes, so bad fat is turned into good fat. Effectively treating fat with fat, this might help...

Using 'dead' dCas9 fused to transcriptional activators researchers wake silent genes to alleviate blindness in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa -...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, scientists worldwide redeploy their resources to join the battle against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. One diverse team...