Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...

Vinay Prasad, chief of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, is planning to publish a paper this month to ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a revolutionary gene-editing method using bacterial retrons ...

Because the new method can replace a large stretch of defective DNA with a healthy sequence, the same retron-based package can fix any combination of mutations within that stretch of DNA without ...

In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

Cathy Tie, who launched her first biotech in SF's IndieBio, now leads Manhattan Genomics in controversial push to edit human ...

Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a pioneering gene editing company focused on developing transformative medicines for serious diseases, today announced a moderated digital poster presentation at ...

A top US regulator plans to unveil a faster approach to approving custom gene-editing treatments, a move designed to unleash a wave of industry investment that will yield cures for patients with rare ...

On Thursday, Editas Medicine Inc. (NASDAQ:EDIT) announced a strategic realignment to focus on in vivo gene editing. In vivo refers to studies or experiments conducted on living organisms or cells ...

In a few decades, gene-editing technologies could reduce the likelihood of common human diseases. Societies must use this time to prepare for their arrival. Read the paper: Heritable polygenic editing ...

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Millions of years ago, humans' ancestors lost the function of a specific gene — but switching that gene back on could help protect people from gout, a new experimental study suggests. Gout is a type ...