Feng Zhang says many problems still have to be solved before the technology can be used to treat human diseases.
CRISPR, the powerful new gene-editing technique, has helped to solve a fishy mystery about how our fingers and toes evolved.
Engineering animals with CRISPR can help biologists to understand the genes behind some of evolution’s most dramatic changes.
The popular gene-editing technique can deliver a step-by-step account of how a single-cell embryo becomes a trillion-cell animal.
Kevin Esvelt argues that the tremendous power of CRISPR can only be contained if scientists are open about their research.
It’s a step toward turning microbes into living hard drives.
Advanced models can help researchers sort through mountains of biological data.
They use it to defend themselves against smaller viruses.
A team of scientists wants to accelerate research into a genetic disorder by using CRISPR to copy unique mutations from affected children into pigs.
The alleged creation of the world's first gene-edited infants was full of technical errors and ethical blunders. Here are the 15 most damning details.