The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell. After that, the next step in CRISPR gene editing is usually to alter that piece of DNA. However ...

“Our little one’s DNA now includes enhancements from other organisms for superior intelligence & health and we couldn’t be happier.” CRISPR is a technology that allows scientists to ...

For the first time, scientists can quickly and precisely alter, delete, and rearrange the DNA of nearly any living organism, including us. In the past three years, the technology has transformed ...

Researchers have revealed new details about the CRISPR-Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex, a variant of the type I-E CRISPR-Cas system, providing insights into its DNA recognition and cleavage mechanisms.

They also made the cats more likely to be resistant to a feline form of AIDS by, again, manipulating their DNA. And cats aren't that different than humans. In fact, we share around 90% of our DNA ...

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1,2 For Michele Lai from the University of Pisa, these studies raised an important question: what happens to the excised DNA? He set out to answer this question, and recently published in the Journal ...

Carl Zimmer recently reported in The New York Times about a new way Crispr could be used in new ways. “The groundbreaking thing about this work is that it now opens up the RNA world to Crispr, ...