What happened next may become the most important medical story of the decade. In just six months, a team at Children’s ...
CRISPR gene editing has revolutionized the field of molecular biology, offering precise, efficient, and versatile tools for genome modification. The technology has rapidly evolved beyond the original ...
Lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, best known as the delivery vehicle for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines received by billions of people, are now at the center of a much larger medical revolution. Researchers ...
The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not without risk. When this type of "genetic surgery" is performed on DNA, for ...
In May 2025, the world celebrated the success of KJ, an infant who was treated with the world’s first personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy. KJ was born with severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 ...
Gene editing holds promise for treating neuromuscular disorders such as limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, but its clinical translation remains challenging due to a lack of complementary delivery tools ...
A single infusion of a CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy was associated with reductions in LDL cholesterol and triglycerides ...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines have gained attention as a next-generation pharmaceutical technology. mRNA therapeutics work by delivering genetic instructions that enable cells to produce ...
New England Biolabs (NEB), in collaboration with Touchlight, has released the EnClose Cell-free dbDNA Synthesis Kit. This kit ...