Researchers have used modified CRISPR to silence the extra chromosome 21 in Down syndrome cells, showing promising ...

He Jiankui’s name became synonymous with scientific transgression when his secret experiment produced the world’s first gene-edited babies. After serving a prison sentence in China, he is back in the ...

As cell and gene therapy leaders gathered in Maryland to discuss accelerating clinical trials in children, one “cutting edge” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KJ Muldoon, a baby born with a genetic disease that affected his ability to metabolize proteins, has become the first person to ...

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the quest to create genetically modified babies is getting a reboot. NPR's health correspondent Rob Stein brings us ...

From lifesaving CRISPR therapies to groundbreaking cancer-targeting enzymes, gene editing is moving from lab experiments into real-world medicine. Scientists are not only curing rare diseases but also ...

Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that ...

Biotechnology is like Star Wars’, “Force”: It has a dark side and a light side. CRISPR, the gene-editing technique that can alter any cell and life-form on the planet, exemplifies the point. It can be ...