CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell.

Scientists around the world are already using the powerful new CRISPR technique to treat disease, modify plants and animals, and even create designer babies. Here's everything you need to know.

Could advances in CRISPR technology be the solution? In the last decade, a new immunotherapy tool has entered the clinic. T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors, known as CAR T ...

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing exploits the CRISPR-Cas system to modify a genome in a targeted manner. Guided by RNA, the Cas9 endonuclease breaks DNA at a target sequence. Imprecise repair of the ...