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 ...

Gene-editing techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9 have many uses in the area of food and agriculture. They can combat persistent drought and disease, and improve the colour and nutritional content of food ...

A version of this Priestley Medal address will be presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2026 meeting ...

The biotech startup Inscripta is attempting to “democratize” CRISPR by offering it to select researchers at no cost, according to Fortune. Here are four things to know about the startup’s business ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

The CRISPR gene-editing tool can be used to silence an important hepatitis B virus gene, a proof-of-concept in vitro study suggests. "It's the first time we've seen CRISPR editing done in a hepatitis ...

Dhaka, July 7 -- CRISPR technology is transforming modern medicine by enabling precise DNA editing to treat genetic disorders, including sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia, experts say. CRISPR, ...

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) refer to the small fragments of viral DNA that are stored by the bacteria as a part of their defense mechanism. CRISPR–Cas9 is a ...