CRISPR

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Concept of gene editing. Here we see a gloved hand with tweezers pinching out a part of a DNA double helix.

Gene therapy: What is it and how does it work?

By Dr. David Warmflash published

Gene therapies treat or prevent disease by tweaking the content or expression of cells' DNA.

Genetics
photo of a young smiling girl wearing black-framed glasses and holding a blue teddy bear while sitting up in a hospital bed

A teen's cancer is in remission after she received new cells edited with CRISPR

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A young girl entered remission after receiving an experimental cancer treatment.

Cancer
Illustration of two woolly mammoths fighting during an ice age.

The CIA wants to bring woolly mammoths back from extinction

By Brandon Specktor published

The CIA is the latest investor in Colossal Biosciences, a company that wants to bring woolly mammoths and Tasmanian tigers back from extinction using DNA editing.

Mammoths
Cacao pod

Can Gene Editing Save the World's Chocolate?

By Laura Geggel last updated

Planet Earth
Tasmanian tigers are extinct — but that could change within 10 years, scientists say.

Could extinct Tasmanian tigers be brought back from the dead?

By Mindy Weisberger published

Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct for nearly 100 years. But scientists say gene-editing technology could bring back this lost species.

Cats
a submersible vehicle shown in the middle of the gulf of california

Newfound viruses named for Norse gods could have fueled the rise of complex life

By Nicoletta Lanese published

These viruses were found in hot springs and the deep sea.

Animals
An illustration of gene editing.

CRISPR stops coronavirus replication in human cells

By Rachael Rettner published

The method has not yet been tested on animals or people.

Coronavirus
An image shows a tear gland grown from stem cells from a mouse in a petri dish. The researchers also grew human tear glands.

Scientists grew human tear ducts in a lab and taught them to cry

By Rafi Letzter published

The glands had no openings so they swelled up like "balloons."

Health
illustration of crispr-cas9 snipping a bit of DNA from a strand

2 women earn Chemistry Nobel Prize for gene-editing tool CRISPR

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The gene-editing tool can precisely snip DNA from the genome.

Genetics
An illustration of gene editing.

What is a gene drive?

By Donavyn Coffey published

Gene drives are a way to get around the laws of heredity.

Health
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