Its bite is a minor nuisance, unless it happens to convey the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum ... CRISPR chunks. The next time the bacteria saw that piece of code, an enzyme called Cas9 ...

Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality ...

"Our study is a first step in dramatically expanding our repertoire of effective and safe CRISPR-Cas9 enzymes. In our manuscript, we demonstrate the utility of these PAMmla-predicted enzymes to ...

CRISPR gene-editing technology offers the possibility of creating disease-resistant species, potentially eliminating deadly infections, saving endangered animals, and even improving global food ...

It has been 20 years since the term “genome editing” first entered the scientific lexicon, a field that was revolutionized by the development of CRISPR gene editing in 2012. But the remarkable ...

CRISPR Therapeutics experienced an 12% price decline over the last week, coinciding with significant market disruption driven by escalating tariff tensions, which saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq drop ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach ...

Researchers say they have discovered a new class of antibiotics that could treat drug-resistant bacteria, the first to reach the market in nearly three decades. The new molecule, called ...

“No one is born an insurgent or resistance fighter. This is something that happens to people when their mom is killed, or when their kids are unable to get to a hospital. People fight back ...