CRISPR-based Spotlight Therapeutics has shut down, former CEO Mary Haak-Frendscho, Ph.D., confirmed with Fierce Biotech. | ...

was balancing their Stanford classes from home in Alabama while also helping bioengineering professor Stanly Qi create a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing kit from a makeshift lab in their parents’ garage.

When the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 rocketed to fame more than a decade ago, it transformed biotechnology. Faster, cheaper, and safer than previous methods, the tool helped scientists gain insight ...

But CRISPR's use isn't limited to only genetic diseases. Several gene-editing companies are also targeting various types of cancer. In particular, CRISPR is being used to develop chimeric antigen ...

In July 2023, Sanofi expanded an existing partnership with Scribe Therapeutics to use its CRISPR-based gene-editing technology to develop both in vivo and ex vivo cancer cell therapies.

Gene editing techniques may one day allow for the removal of the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome, early ...

CRISPR technology has revolutionized genetic testing and disease detection, offering precise, rapid, and cost-effective diagnostic solutions. This gene-editing tool has been adapted for molecular ...

Researchers using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tools have discovered that while this technology can enhance T cell cancer therapies, it may also lead to unintended chromosomal loss in the edited immune ...

By Balambal Suryanarayanan CRISPR-Cas9 is a repurposed gene editing tool that allows scientists to cut, replace, and insert pieces of DNA in precise regions along the strand. Courtesy of NIH Image ...

In the spring, five patients with sickle cell disease began treatment with Casgevy, the first FDA-approved CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing treatment. The therapy—which involves removing blood stem ...

Oct. 28, 2024 — Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers have identified several specific steps needed for CRISPR to become active and perform its gene editing ... Single-Dose Gene Therapy ...