The Latest Breaking News from gene editing

He Jiankui, who shocked the world in 2018 by announcing the creation of the first gene-edited babies, tells NPR he's now working on a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Genetic diseases can have devastating consequences for the people who inherit them. In recent years, scientists have found that there are human genetic diseases that might be treatable, and perhaps even curable, through gene editing. Gene editing is the process by which sections of a person’s DNA are altered. Commonly…

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Act opens door to technology being used to create cats and dogs with extreme features, says charity

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments do not permit the commercial use of gene editing

A Mississippi woman's life has been transformed by a treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. All her symptoms from a disease once thought incurable have disappeared.

One of greatest risks of gene editing tools ‘is that the people who would benefit most will not be able to access them’

Citizens’ panel of people with experience of genetic conditions says discussion urgently needed for research

The FDA cleared Intellia to begin testing its CRISPR gene-editing technology in people on Thursday, leading NTLA stock to jump.

Research suggests traumatic childhood experiences embed themselves in our brains and put us at risk of mental illness, but epigenetic editing may offer us hope of removing them

It is the most exciting time in genetics since the discovery of DNA in 1953. This is mainly due to scientific breakthroughs including the ability to change DNA through a process called gene editing.