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CPS-1 is a rare genetic disorder, and doctors are using CRISPR to heal it in one baby.
RX and Medicine

In a World First, CRISPR Drug Tailored for One Baby Shows Life-Saving Promise

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a type of CRISPR gene-edited pig for human consumption.
Gene Editing

FDA Approves Gene-Hacked CRISPR Pigs for Human Consumption

By Victor Tangermann

That mad scientist who created designer babies is, apparently, gearing up for more human gene-hacking research.
Gene Editing

Rogue Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Gear Up for More Human Experiments

By Noor Al-Sibai

The scientist who went to prison for gene hacking a pair of twins in China is now decrying the ethics that punished him.
Genetics

Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Human Babies Says Ethics Are “Holding Back” Scientific Progress

By Noor Al-Sibai

A mouse with two dads — or a bi-paternal mouse, in the scientific parlance — has made it to adulthood. Several mice, in fact.
Gene Editing

A Mouse With Two Dads Has Reached Adulthood

By Frank Landymore

Scientists think they might have discovered the cause of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's Disease.
Developments

Scientists May Have Just Discovered the Cause of Crohn’s Disease

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of resaerchers at a Berkeley-based startup called Profulent claim to have used generative AI technologies to edit human DNA.
Gene Editing

Startup Uses AI to Edit Human DNA

By Victor Tangermann

Verve Therapeutics has paused the first phase of a human gene-editing drug trial aimed at reducing heart disease due to serious side effects.
Gene Editing

Gene Editing Experiment Halted as Patient Gets Weird Side Effects

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists say they've been able to literally cut out the "bad" bits of DNA from infected cells to eliminate HIV using CRISPR gene editing.
Gene Editing

Scientists Manage to Cut HIV Out of Individual Cells

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have reduced the level of bad cholesterol in human subjects after injecting them with an experimental gene editing treatment.
Health & Medicine

Patient Dies After Being Gene-Edited to Have Lower Cholesterol

By Sharon Adarlo

The New Yorker documented the life-changing ambitions of He Jiankui, the scientist who gene edited human babies, leading to infamy and prison.
Gene Editing

Scientist Who Gene Edited Human Babies Had Plan to Transform Humankind

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a story about an upcoming gene editing conference, one of the summit's organizers admitted something kind of odd about military use of gene editing.
Health & Medicine

Scientist Suggests Tweaks for Genetically Altered Supersoldiers

By Noor Al-Sibai

CRISPR, like many other powerful and complex tools, has… a bit of a PR problem. Is that holding it back from broader integration into health therapies?
Developments

This CRISPR Researcher Says Gene Editing Isn’t Playing God

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Billions of male chicks are culled each year, so scientists have approached this grisly reality by limiting the amount of males born via gene-editing.
Gene Editing

Scientists Gene Edit Hens To Lay Eggs That Can Stop Developing Into Male Embryos

By Frank Landymore

A team of researchers have injected a gene-editing serum into a live patient's liver with the goal of lowering their cholesterol.
Gene Editing

Doctors Gene-Edit Patient’s Liver to Make Less Cholesterol

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers in China believe that we need to do more to protect children born with edited genomes — and propose building a facility to study them.
Gene Editing

Scientists Call for Special Facility to Care for Genetically Modified Children

By Tony Ho Tran