All crispr articles
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NewsIn 2023, the UK was the first country to approve a Crispr therapy. How’s it doing?
Disconnect exists between the media hype around gene-editing treatment and the reality for patients
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OpinionCrispr therapies will change medicine but there will be challenges along the way
The first treatments making use of Crispr gene editing may suffer some early hiccups
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NewsCould Crispr cure HIV?
The first gene-editing therapies for HIV/Aids are entering trials but the virus is proving once again that it is a master at evading eradication
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ResearchNext generation gene editors engineered to significantly reduce error rate
Introducing mutations into DNA-snipping ‘molecular scissors’ can result in 60-fold reduction in errors
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ResearchProtein prediction AI could help reactivate dormant immune system in crops
Precision engineering could be used to return natural immunity to crops that have lost it over time
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NewsGene-edited crops set to arrive in England, but EU remains divided on them
Crops poised to be grown in England but renegotiation of trade agreement with EU could complicate matters
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BusinessCrispr Nobel laureates get another chance to claim ownership in long-running patent dispute
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanualle Charpentier could recoup patent rights to the gene-editing technology, thanks to ruling from US appeal court
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BusinessAcceptable levels of (epi)genetic engineering
Amplifying or silencing genes may be preferable to permanently changing genetic code
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BusinessEpigenetic editors enter clinical trials
New wave of precision medicines amplify or silence genes, without altering genetic code
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FeatureMaking genetically engineered food palatable
The next generation of genetically altered food is forging ahead, aiming to be attractive to consumers rather than producers. Katrina Megget finds out whether Crispr means crisper salads
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ResearchCould ‘woolly’ mice put mammoths on the path to de-extinction?
Scepticism that mice with mammoth gene edits could ever produce a viable animal in elephants
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ResearchCrispr gene-editing booster molecule can damage DNA far from target site
Researchers warn of unwanted side effects with genome editing chaperone
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ResearchTomato sweetness boosted by gene editing to knock out two genes
Glucose and fructose levels were increased by 30%
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NewsAll clinical research using germline genome editing banned in China
New guidelines follow creation of first gene-edited babies three years ago by He Jiankui
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ResearchNew gene-editing tool found in bacterium could carry out extensive genome remodelling
Highly selective mechanism can insert, remove and flip large portions of DNA
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BusinessUK becomes first country in the world to authorise a Crispr-based gene therapy
Treatment aims to cure patients with β-thalassaemia and sickle-cell disease
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ResearchGenetic-editing of chickens protects them from catching the flu
Approach heralds new way to make animals resistant to disease
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Research’This is just the beginning’: RNA editing set to democratise viral engineering
Crispr-based system could ease development of novel RNA therapies
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NewsEuropean intellectual property system ready for gene-edited crops
Updates to New Genomic Technology regulations irrelevant to IP say experts
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ResearchCrispr editing reduces poplar lignin content
Gene-edited wood could reduce waste and save energy during pulping process