CRISPR systems in general act as "molecular scissors" by cutting DNA into pieces, be it in a lab-based setting or, in nature, inside a bacterium to destroy a phage. Imagine wanting to use a phage ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, the mRNA vaccines came to the rescue of many people—but in the ...

Insulin-producing human pancreas cells can be manufactured with 3D printers, researchers reported at the International Transplant Congress underway in London.

How does the CRISPR Down Syndrome breakthrough work to remove the extra chromosome 21? We are closer than ever to a world ...

The average Wall Street analyst following Editas Medicine ( EDIT 7.08%) thinks the gene therapy stock can reach $3.25 per share in the next year. From recent prices, this implies a gain of about 53% ...

Atomic Scissors cuts plastics into molecules with three carbon atoms (propane) using a chemical recycling process, which can be built into new plastic content. Input plastic streams do not require ...

A smart molecular tool developed by scientists can aid plants facing rising temperatures and infections.Plants often feel stressed, especially when the weather is extreme or microbes attack. When they ...

Elinor Hortie at the University of Sydney (Australia) has written a very interesting essay about CRISPR ‘scissors’, a metaphor she find misleading. From Hortie’s July 4, 2019 essay on The Conversation ...

CRISPR Therapeutics ’ CRSP first marketed product is the one-shot gene therapy Casgevy, approved in late 2023 and early 2024 across the United States and Europe for two blood disorder ...

CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) were coated onto gold particles and delivered directly into shoot apical meristem tissue, which harbors potential germline cells, via particle bombardment. This ...