New research overturns a common assumption about CRISPR Cas9—that unbound from its usual RNA partners, the “empty” or apo form of Cas9 is functionless.

CRISPR-Cas earned Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for its ability to target and modify specific segments of genetic code. Now, this molecular scissor ...

CRISPR Gene editing therapy is used for the first time in living humans with amazing results.0:00 Introduction 0:53 What is CRISPR?2:05 How Does CRISPR work?3:18 The Experiment5:30 The Results9:31 ...

To understand how CRISPR could be used to tackle antibiotic resistance, we need to understand how that resistance arises in the first place. Like all living things, bacteria evolve in response to ...

Using yogurt to replace a colonoscopy may sound far-fetched, but scientists just showed that bacteria can be engineered to detect cancerous DNA.

The research on using CRISPR against Alzheimer's is in its infancy, with results reported just from mice and lab-made mini-brains.