Feb. 13, 2025 — A new study unravels the relationship between mitofusins (mitochondrial proteins) and autophagy. Using gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9, the team has been able to study these ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. If you took a glance around Anthony James’s office, it wouldn’t be hard to guess what he does for a living.

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.

A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet has developed a novel tool for genetic research. The study, published in ...

Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific genes play in many diseases. But to date this ...

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CRISPR technology has revolutionised genetic engineering, offering unprecedented precision in DNA editing with vast implications for medicine, agriculture and conservation. Yet, its power demands ...

As interest in immunotherapy grows, so does the need for better tools to engineer CAR T cells. Could advances in CRISPR technology be the solution? In the last decade, a new immunotherapy tool has ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing exploits the CRISPR-Cas system to modify a genome in a targeted manner. Guided by RNA, the Cas9 endonuclease breaks DNA at a target sequence. Imprecise repair of the ...

The rise of gene-edited embryos has raised a myriad of ethical questions. It involves altering DNA to prevent disease or even to choose specific traits using a method known as CRISPR. In 2018 ...