Existing gene-editing technologies have led to significant advances in both medicine and food production. However, momentum appears to be slowing, particularly in health applications, as early hype is ...

Advances in genome editing have transformed our capacity to interrogate and engineer biological systems across both plant and animal kingdoms. Early platforms based on zinc-finger nucleases and ...

Researchers have opened a transformative chapter in agricultural biotechnology by unveiling virus-induced genome editing (VIGE) techniques for Solanaceous crops, a group that includes tomatoes, ...

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new way to fine-tune genetic material. Their study, published in Nature ...

Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality and creating crops that are adaptable to climate change. However, current ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A genome-editing technique known as prime editing holds potential for treating many diseases by transforming faulty genes into functional ones. However, the process carries a small ...

Genome editing lets scientists rewrite DNA, the instruction manual inside every living cell, with a precision that was ...

Discover how prime editing is redefining the future of medicine by offering highly precise, safe, and versatile DNA corrections, bringing hope for more effective treatments for genetic diseases while ...

An extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing has been used for the first time by Cambridge scientists to ...

Altering a single gene in human embryonic cells has revealed that NANOG plays a key role in early embryo development, providing insights with implications for regenerative medicine and infertility.

With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized to think through the societal implications of the technologies they are developing. Even in ...