From diagnostics to CRISPR and policy reform, explore how science and society are working together to combat the rising ...

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA regulatory pathway to commercialize treatments for rare diseases. Last February ...

Aurora Therapeutics' first target is the rare inherited disease phenylketonuria, also known as PKU. Here at MIT Technology Review we’ve been writing about the gene-editing technology CRISPR since 2013 ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act like molecular anchors. The work confirms these tags actively silence genes, ...

This article examines how CRISPR moved beyond the lab in 2025, proving it can safely and effectively edit genes in patients and crops alike. It highlights a turning point where precision, automation, ...

KJ Muldoon received a groundbreaking new treatment earlier this year. The baby saved from a rare disease by a first-ever personalized gene fix has reached a big milestone, taking his first steps ahead ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A miracle baby who was treated with a pioneering gene-therapy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has reached a major milestone as he took his first steps. KJ Muldoon was the ...

Researchers have successfully resurrected a gene that humanity lost millions of years ago. The results could change how we treat common diseases such as gout and maybe even contribute to slowing down ...

1 Green Level High School, Cary, NC, United States 2 National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM, United States CRISPR-Cas9 is a gene editing tool used extensively in biological research that ...

For a decade after its discovery, CRISPR gene editing was stuck on the cusp of transforming medicine. Then, in 2023, scientists started using it on sickle-cell disease, and Victoria Gray, a patient ...