New gene-editing documentary showcases biology’s hottest tool — up to the point when things went awry. By Amy Maxmen ...

Jennifer Doudna was staring at a computer screen filled with a string of As, Cs, Ts, and Gs—the letters that make up human DNA—and witnessing a debilitating genetic disease being cured right ...

Researchers turn to CRISPR to unlock one of the trickiest diseases to treat: Alzheimer's.

What is CRISPR (pronounced “crisper”) and why has it been controversial? How it works DNA is like the instruction manual for life on our planet, and CRISPR/Cas9 can target sites in genetic ...

With the first medical therapy approved and systems like CRISPR-Cas showing up in complex cells, there’s a lot happening in the genome editing field.

CRISPR is a revolutionary gene-editing tool that could banish almost all hereditary diseases -- and potentially pave the way for newborns with CRISPR-chosen traits.

Researchers have found new links between CRISPR, p53 and other cancer genes that could prevent the accumulation of mutated cells without compromising the gene scissors' effectiveness.

The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR is promising to revolutionize medicine. Some researchers are trying to help make it available for people with very rare genetic disorders.