CRISPR is one of this generation’s most profound innovations, with the potential to fundamentally alter the realm of modern day diagnostics and medical treatment. Scientists can use the tool to make ...

A patient in Germany has been successfully treated with a drug based on the CRISPR gene-editing technology for the first time, the Charité medical school and hospital in Berlin announced on Thursday.

Vian, 16, has thalassemia and had to have monthly blood transfusions throughout her childhood.

Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more powerful.

A teenager from Coventry born with an inherited blood disorder that often left her bedbound says a pioneering gene-editing treatment has transformed her life.

Moment gene editing treatment transformed teens life ...