When brain development gets off to a bad start, the consequences are lifelong. One example is a condition called SCN2A ...

A study using CRISPR restored brain connectivity and made the brain more resilient to seizures, which are often seen in a ...

Genetic editing holds promise to treat incurable diseases, but the most popular method—CRISPR—sometimes does more harm than ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool to help scientists better plan gene-editing ...

By upregulating the expression of the lone functioning copy of SCN2A, scientists addressed deficient brain signaling and reduced seizures.

When brain development gets off to a bad start, the consequences are lifelong.   One example is a condition called SCN2A haploinsufficiency, in which children are born with just one functioning copy ...

Genetic editing holds promise to treat incurable diseases, but the most popular method - CRISPR - sometimes does more harm ...

Gene-edited pancreatic cells have been transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes for the first time. They produced ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

The new system developed by Professor Chad Mirkin delivers CRISPR machinery more safely and effectively into cells.

CRISPRgenee is a new method that combines gene silencing and cutting to improve loss-of-function studies in human cells.

Horses with genomic edits to make them run faster have been banned from polo, but a zoo of CRISPR-edited animals is gaining ...