To date, researchers have been using DNA plasmids, both naked and inside infecting bacteria ... or from the persistence of the encoded gene-editing factors, which can “continue to make mutations.” ...

No babies have been born with changes made by CRISPR/Cas9 or any other gene-editing technology ... A new base editor (bottom) uses DNA adenine deaminase to make the opposite change, transforming ...

Three studies identify unintended consequences of gene editing in human embryos, including large deletions and reshuffling of DNA. Amanda was an associate editor at The Scientist, where she oversaw ...

Using a technique called CRISPR, James has edited a gene in the larva ... and we have no time to lose.” What do you think about editing the DNA of living organisms? Scientists have the tools ...

Researchers have developed a gene ... editing to make a single-letter change in DNA, reduced levels of the disease-causing prion protein in the brain by as much as 60 percent. There is currently ...