CRISPR-Cas systems are adaptive immune systems found in prokaryotes that defend against invading nucleic acids through CRISPR RNA-guided cleavage. Type V CRISPR-Cas (Cas12) systems, in particular, ...

As CRISPR continues to drive breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture, and synthetic biology, understanding its origins does more than tell an ancient story. It provides a blueprint for engineering the ...

CRISPR’s promise of curing diseases hit a setback when researchers discovered that AZD7648, a molecule designed to improve precision, also caused catastrophic hidden damage to DNA. Instead of perfect ...

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The first in-human trial of a CRISPR Cas system delivered by adeno-associated virus 9 gene therapy to treat HIV was able to target only the intended DNA and cleared the blood within 6 months.

Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial population. Every living creature on ...

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins are core components of fast-evolving therapeutic gene editing tools. Scientists have used CRISPR ...

The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool to spiders. Following the genetic modification, the spiders ...

Global genomics leader Integrated DNA Technologies is driving innovation and leadership in CRISPR with the launch of Alt-R™ HDR Enhancer Protein, a newly developed solution designed to facilitate an ...