He Jiankui’s name became synonymous with scientific transgression when his secret experiment produced the world’s first ...

Chinese scientist He Jiankui wants to end Alzheimer’s and thinks Silicon Valley is conducting a “Nazi eugenic experiment.” ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

When Feng Zhang was in his early 30s, he used a set of genes found in bacteria called CRISPR to pioneer a new kind of gene ...

Researchers at The University of Tokyo developed TECHNO, a two-step genome editing strategy that replaces entire mouse loci ...

Understanding human gene function in living organisms has long been hampered by fundamental differences between species.

Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who served prison time for creating the world's first gene-edited babies, is planning to repeat ...

Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...

The company made an even more dramatic claim the following month, when it announced it had created three dire wolves. These ...

A multidisciplinary committee of experts studied the scientific underpinnings of human gene-editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine -- including human germline ...

Humanized mouse models are vital for studying human gene function, but fully replacing mouse genes with complete human ...