Programmable CRISPR tools are turning stem cell biology into something closer to software engineering, shrinking ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

Karthik and her team aimed to use CRISPR as a way to identify and isolate a protein generated by the bacteria that cause Lyme ...

Gene therapy could be a permanent cure for many life-threatening hereditary diseases, and this will only help in the treatment of genetic diseases and cancer ...

Researchers have reported advances in understanding and manipulating an important human gut bacterium, Bifidobacterium, which is commonly used in probiotics that help maintain healthy microbiomes. The ...

Researchers used CRISPR to change the number of chromosomes in Arabidopsis by fusing chromosome arms, reducing the genome ...

The first trial to show that vaccination could confer HIV protection was the RV144 HIV vaccine trial. This trial reported an efficacy of 31%. A key element of the RV144 trial was gp120, generated in ...

Scientists from Kolkata-based Bose Institute have created GlowCas9--a CRISPR protein that lights up while performing gene ...

The microbes that make up an organism’s microbiome have a range of effects on its health. Scientists use CRISPR systems to genetically manipulate specific bacterial species, for instance those found ...

Scientists from Kolkata-based Bose Institute have created GlowCas9 -- a CRISPR protein that lights up while performing gene editing -- to help boost treatment of genetic diseases and cancer, said the ...