2023 was a big year for CRISPR-based gene editing but challenges remainRegulators in the US and the UK approved gene-based therapies for sickle cell disease.By M. Saleh, 12.20.2023
CRISPR-based gene editing therapy approved by the FDA for the first timeAuthorities have greenlit two new drugs that treat sickle cell disease.By M. Saleh, 12.08.2023
UK authorizes first gene therapy for treating sickle cell diseaseThis is the first time CRISPR has been approved by any regulatory agency for general use.By M. Saleh, 11.16.2023
Researchers developed a gene-editing technology that reduces 'bad' cholesterolCRISPR was used to edit genes in trial participants' livers.By M. Saleh, 11.16.2023
Pressure mounts on FDA to expand pig-to-human organ transplant researchThe technique could ease America's shortage of available donors.By A. Tarantola, 07.07.2022
Astronauts show how CRISPR gene editing works in spaceThe technique could be key to long-term space travel.By J. Fingas, 07.04.2021
CRISPR gene editing breakthrough could treat many more diseasesYou might only need an injection into your bloodstream to fight an illness.By J. Fingas, 06.26.2021
Harvard scientists create gene-editing tool that could rival CRISPRIt uses segments of bacterial DNA called retrons.By M. Moon, 05.01.2021
CRISPR gene editing shows promise for sickle cell diseaseTrials have been effective but the treatment is extremely expensive, for now. By S. Dent, 12.07.2020
CRISPR gene editing pioneers win the 2020 Nobel Prize in ChemistryThe technology promises to revolutionize medicine and biology.By J. Fingas, 10.07.2020
FDA approves a rapid COVID-19 test that uses CRISPRThis is the first time the FDA has authorized the gene-editing tool.By C. Fisher, 05.07.2020
Scientist who edited babies' genes sentenced to three years in prisonCRISPR scientist He Jiankui and colleagues were sentenced in Chinese court. By S. Dent, 12.30.2019
Recommended Reading: A year later, the CRISPR babies are still a mysteryThe best long-form writing on technology and more on the web.By B. Steele, 12.07.2019
Gene editing tool could treat many diseases created by mutationsSATI could address Huntington's and other conditions.By J. Fingas, 08.26.2019
China's two CRISPR babies might have shorter life expectanciesPeople with a CCR5 mutation appear to be more susceptible to infection.By C. Fisher, 06.03.2019
Biohacker Josiah Zayner accused of being an unlicensed practitionerHe says he's under investigation by the California Medical Board.By R. England, 05.16.2019
Scientists created a CRISPR tool that can wipe out longer pieces of DNAIt could allow researchers to delete long stretches of genetic code to better understand diseases.By C. Fisher, 04.17.2019
CRISPR gene editing has been used on humans in the USIt's part of a trial that could rethink medicine.By J. Fingas, 04.16.2019
CRISPR doc 'Human Nature' embraces the hope and peril of gene editingIt's the best CRISPR primer yet.By D. Hardawar, 03.11.2019
CRISPR gene-editing experiment may have impacted twins' brainsThe gene scientists reportedly disabled has been linked with cognitive function.By K. Holt, 02.21.2019